didymium
[dahy-dim-ee-uh m, di-]
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noun Chemistry.
a mixture of neodymium and praseodymium, formerly thought to be an element. Symbol: Di
Origin of didymium
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Neodymium (Nd) forms the chief portion of the old “didymium.”
It suggests a didymium in its form and habit, but is near a badhamia.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
The internal structure is essentially that of Diderma or Didymium.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
This induced Schrader to throw all the didermas into his new genus, Didymium.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
The spores of Didymium crustaceum were sown upon a heap of leaves in autumn.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
didymium
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Word Origin for didymium
C19: from New Latin, from Greek didumos twin + -ium
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