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Definition of Coronium
1. n. The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum.
Definition of Coronium
1. Noun. A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during a solar eclipse (actually highly ionized iron). ¹
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Definition of Coronium
1. a hypothetical element [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronium
Literary usage of Coronium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1898)
"_ sides coronium we have thus probably other new elements in these gases. ...
coronium would seem, however, to be a substance with a vapour density far ..."
2. Stars and Telescopes: A Hand-book of Popular Astronomy, Founded on the 9th by David Peck Todd, William Thynne Lynn (1899)
"The characteristic green line of its spectrum, due to a substance called '
coronium,' is brightest close to the Sun's limb, and during the eclipse of 1st ..."
3. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"coronium.—Prof. Nasini claims to have discovered in some volcanic gases at Pozzuoli
the previously hypothetical element coronium ..."
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