scheelium

English

Etymology

From Scheele +‎ -ium, after Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who discovered it

Noun

scheelium (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) (obsolete) tungsten (metal)

Related terms

• scheelite

References

• “scheelium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.