celtium

English

Hafnium metal samples; colours on one piece arise from the film of oxides that resulted from re-melting.

Noun

celtium (uncountable)

1. (historical) The name originally proposed for chemical element number 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct), but subsequent work demonstrated it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Synonyms

• keltium (symbol Kt)

Latin

Noun

celtium n (genitive celtiī or celtī); second declension

1. carapace, tortoise shell

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	celtium	celtia
genitive	celtiī celtī1	celtiōrum
dative	celtiō	celtiīs
accusative	celtium	celtia
ablative	celtiō	celtiīs
vocative	celtium	celtia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).