lavoisium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Lavoisier +‎ -ium, named after the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier

Noun[edit]

lavoisium (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy, chemistry) (obsolete) A supposed silvery-white, malleable, metallic chemical element, said to have been discovered in pyrites and some other minerals.
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