iridium

What does iridium mean?

iridium means "a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium".

How many syllables are in iridium?

iridium has 4 syllables: ir-id-i-um. The stress falls on "id". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈɹɪdiəm/.

What is another word for iridium?

Close synonyms include Ir, atomic number 77. 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 iridium a common word?

iridium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 iridium 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.