hafnium

What does hafnium mean?

hafnium means "a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons".

How many syllables are in hafnium?

hafnium has 3 syllables: haf-ni-um. The stress falls on "haf". In IPA it is /ˈhæfniəm/.

What is another word for hafnium?

Close synonyms include Hf, atomic number 72. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hafnium a common word?

hafnium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hafnium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.