osmium
noun/ˈɒzmiəm/
/ˈɑːzmiəm/
[uncountable] (symbol Os)
- a chemical element. Osmium is a hard silver-white metal.Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek osmē ‘smell’ (from the pungent smell of its tetroxide).
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