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thoria

[ thawr-ee-uh, thohr- ]
/ ˈθɔr i ə, ˈθoʊr- /
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noun Chemistry.
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO2, used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
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Also called thorium oxide, thorium dioxide.

Origin of thoria

First recorded in 1835–45; thori(um) + -a4
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British Dictionary definitions for thoria

thoria
/ (ˈθɔːrɪə) /

noun
another name for thorium dioxide

Word Origin for thoria

C19: thorium + -a, on the model of magnesia
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