different between niobium vs microlite

English

Etymology

Niobe +? -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n??'b??m, IPA^(key): /na??o?bi?m/

Noun

niobium (countable and uncountable, plural niobiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• columbium (in metallurgy; not in scientific use)
• dianium (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Niobe

Translations

See also

• columbite
• columbite-tantalite
• coltan
• euxenite
• pyrochlore

Afrikaans

Noun

niobium (uncountable)

1. niobium

Danish

Noun

niobium

1. niobium (element)

Synonyms

• niob

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin niobium, named after the mythological queen Niobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ni?o?.bi.?m/
• Hyphenation: ni?o?bi?um

Noun

niobium n (uncountable)

1. niobium (chemical element) [from ca. 1845]

Finnish

Noun

niobium

1. niobium

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nj?.bj?m/

Noun

niobium m (uncountable)

1. niobium

Further reading

• “niobium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ni?o.bi.um/, [ni??bi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni?o.bi.um/, [ni???bium]

Noun

niobium n (genitive niobi?); second declension

1. niobium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??o??bj??m]

Noun

niobium n

1. (uncountable) niobium
2. A part of niobium

Inflection

Malay

Etymology

From English niobium, from Niobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [niobiom], [niobi?m]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

niobium

1. niobium (chemical element)

English

Etymology

micro- +? -lite

Pronunciation

• Homophone: microlight

Noun

microlite (plural microlites)

1. (mineralogy) A basic fluoride of sodium, calcium, tantalum and niobium that is isomorphous with pyrochlore
2. (archaeology) A microlith

Derived terms

(mineralogy): plumbomicrolite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Microlite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “microlite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• microtile