celtium

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q1119}} {{lb|en|historic}} {{n-g|The name originally [[propose]]d for}} [[element]] 72, now called [[hafnium#English:_Q1119|hafnium]]; the discoverer, {{w|Georges Urbain}}, [[conjecture]]d it to be a [[rare earth]] element, and proposed the [[symbol]] [[Ct]]; but [[subsequent]] work [[show]]ed it to be a [[transition element]], and hafnium was given the symbol [[Hf#Translingual:_Q1119|Hf]].

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