zirconium

What does zirconium mean?

zirconium means "a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon".

How many syllables are in zirconium?

zirconium has 4 syllables: zir-co-ni-um. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /zɚˈkoʊniəm/.

What is another word for zirconium?

Close synonyms include Zr, atomic number 40. 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 zirconium a common word?

zirconium 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 zirconium 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.