zirikoni

[Swahili Word] zirikoni

[English Word] zirconium

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9

[Dialect] recent

[English Definition] a steel-gray strong ductile metallic element with a high melting point that occurs widely in combined form (as in zircon), is highly resistant to corrosion, and is used especially in alloys and in refractories and ceramics (identified 1808)

[Terminology] chemistry

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