rhenium

See also: Rhenium and rhénium

English

Chemical element
Re
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Etymology

From Latin Rhenus (Rhine), +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rē'nēəm, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːniəm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːniəm

Noun

rhenium (countable and uncountable, plural rheniums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

  • eka-rhenium
  • rhenic
  • rhenium dioxide
  • rhenium heptaoxide
  • rhenium heptaselenide
  • rhenium heptasulfide, rhenium heptasulphide
  • rhenium trioxide

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Rhenium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • rhenium”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

Danish

Chemical element
Re
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Etymology

From Latin Rhenus +‎ -ium.

Noun

rhenium n (singular definite rheniummet, not used in plural form)

  1. rhenium

Declension

Declension of rhenium
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative rhenium rheniummet
genitive rheniums rheniummets

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

rhēnium n (genitive rhēniī); second declension

  1. rhenium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Swedish

Chemical element
Re
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Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

rhenium n (uncountable)

  1. rhenium

Declension

Declension of rhenium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rhenium rheniums
definite rheniumet rheniumets
plural indefinite
definite
Declension of rhenium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rhenium rheniums
definite rheniet rheniets
plural indefinite
definite
Declension of rhenium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rhenium rheniums
definite rhenium rheniums
plural indefinite
definite

References