iridium的词源

英文词源

iridium (n.)

1804, Modern Latin, coined by its discoverer, English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815) from Greek iris (genitive iridos) "rainbow;" so called for "the striking variety of colours which it gives while dissolving in marine acid" [Tennant]

中文词源

iridium：铱

来自希腊语iris,彩虹，因这种金属元素散发出五彩斑斓的光泽而得名。

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