columbium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of columbium
1801; Columb(ia) (a literary name for the United States of America) + -ium
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If they cannot, the engine program will fail because there is not enough nickel, columbium, etc. in sight now to build the engines scheduled in 1953.
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Pratt & Whitney has already made big gains in solving the problem.lt has worked out high-alloy mixes which eliminate the use of columbium completely in the J-48.
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Almost all the world's supply of columbium ore comes from primitive mines in Nigeria; the U.S. was able to get only 1,727,000 Ibs. last year.
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Since world production of columbium cannot be stepped up for another three years, the U.S. has turned to titanium.
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Colum′bate, a salt or compound of columbic acid with a base; Colum′bite, the native ore of columbium; Colum′bium, a metallic element now called niobium.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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