Definition
A rare earth element once thought to be a single element but later discovered to be a mixture of praseodymium and neodymium.
Etymology
From Greek 'didymos' (twin) plus the '-ium' suffix for chemical elements, named because it was isolated from rare earth minerals and appeared to be a twinned or dual element.
Kelly Says
Didymium was actually a ghost element—chemists in the 1800s genuinely thought they'd isolated a pure element, and it wasn't until spectroscopy improved that they realized it was two elements masquerading as one, a major embarrassment to early chemistry.
Translations
ARالعربية
دي-دي-ميوم
di-di-mee-oom
BNবাংলা
দিদিমিয়াম
dee-dee-mee-um
CACatalà
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
CSČeština
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
DADansk
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
DEDeutsch
Didymium
DEE-dee-mee-um
ELΕλληνικά
διδύμιο
dee-dee-mee-oh
ESEspañol
didimio
dee-dee-mee-oh
FAفارسی
دی-دی-میوم
dee-dee-mee-oom
FISuomi
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
FRFrançais
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
GUGU
દિદિમિયમ
dee-dee-mee-um
HAHA
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
HEעברית
די-די-מיום
di-di-mee-oom
HIहिन्दी
दीडिमियम
dee-dee-mee-um
HUMagyar
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
IDBahasa Indonesia
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
IGIG
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
ITItaliano
didimio
dee-dee-mee-oh
JA日本語
ディディミウム
di-di-mee-u-mu
KKKK
дидимиум
dee-dee-mee-um
MRMR
दीडिमियम
dee-dee-mee-um
MSBahasa Melayu
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
MYမြန်မာ
တီဒီမီယမ်
tee-dee-mee-yam
NLNederlands
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
NONorsk
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
PAPA
ਦਿਦਿਮੀਅਮ
dee-dee-mee-um
PLPolski
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
PTPortuguês
didimio
dee-dee-mee-oh
RORomână
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
RUРусский
диди́миум
dee-dee-mee-um
SVSvenska
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
SWKiswahili
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
TAதமிழ்
டிடிமியம்
ti-ti-mee-um
TEతెలుగు
డిడిమియం
dee-dee-mee-um
THไทย
ดิดีมีอ
di-dee-mee-ah
TLTL
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
TRTürkçe
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
UKУкраїнська
диди́міум
dee-dee-mee-um
URاردو
دِدِمیوم
di-di-mee-oom
VITiếng Việt
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
YOYO
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um
ZUZU
didymium
dee-dee-mee-um