Coronium

/kɔːˈroʊniəm/ noun

Definition

A hypothetical chemical element that 19th-century astronomers thought existed to explain mysterious spectral lines seen in the Sun's corona.

Etymology

From corona plus the chemistry suffix -ium (used for element names), created when scientists named what they thought was a new element.

Kelly Says

Coronium is one of science's coolest mistakes—it turned out the 'element' was just iron in an unusual state, showing that even brilliant astronomers can see things that aren't there!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
koronitis
kor-o-ni-tis
ARالعربية
فيروس تاجي
fi-rus taaji
BNবাংলা
কোরোনা
korona
CACatalà
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
CSČeština
koronum
ko-ro-num
DADansk
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
DEDeutsch
Corona-Körper
kor-o-na-kor-per
ELΕλληνικά
κορωνικό
ko-ro-ni-ko
ESEspañol
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
FAفارسی
کرونا
korona
FISuomi
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
FRFrançais
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
GUGU
કોરોના
korona
HAHA
coronitis
kor-o-ni-tis
HEעברית
קורונה
korona
HIहिन्दी
कोरोना
korona
HUMagyar
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
IDBahasa Indonesia
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
IGIG
coronitis
kor-o-ni-tis
ITItaliano
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
JA日本語
コロナ
korona
KKKK
коронавирус
kor-o-na-vi-rus
KMKM
ក្រោម
krao-om
KO한국어
코로나
korona
MRMR
कोरोना
korona
MSBahasa Melayu
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
MYမြန်မာ
ကုရိုနာ
ka-yo-na
NLNederlands
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
NONorsk
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
PAPA
ਕੋਰੋਨਾ
korona
PLPolski
koronowy
ko-ro-no-wy
PTPortuguês
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
RORomână
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
RUРусский
короновое
kor-o-no-voe
SVSvenska
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
SWKiswahili
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
TAதமிழ்
கோரோனா
go-ro-na
TEతెలుగు
కోరోనా
ko-ro-na
THไทย
โคโรน่า
ko-ro-na
TLTL
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
TRTürkçe
coronium
ko-ro-ni-um
UKУкраїнська
короновое
kor-o-no-ve
URاردو
کرونا
korona
VITiếng Việt
corona
ko-ro-na
YOYO
coronitis
kor-o-ni-tis
ZH中文
冠状病毒
guànzhàng bìngdòu
ZUZU
coronitis
kor-o-ni-tis

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