osmium的词源

英文词源

osmium (n.)

metallic element, 1803, coined in Modern Latin by its discoverer, English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815) from Greek osme "smell, scent, odor" good or bad (cognate with Latin odor; see odor). So called for the strong smell of its oxide.

中文词源

osmium：锇

来自希腊语osme,闻，嗅，强烈的气味，词源同odor.因这种金属元素散发出的强烈气味而得名。

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