molybdenum
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.
Other meanings
A single atom of this element.
“a quadruple bond between molybdenums”
A kind of
- metallic element
Related words
- chromoly
- dimolybdenum
- molybdeniferous
- molybdosis
- nonmolybdenum
- organomolybdenum
- phosphomolybdenum
- radiomolybdenum
- trimolybdenum
- ferromolybdenum
- moly
- molybdate
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μολύβδαινα" (a plummet, piece of lead).
Where this comes from
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