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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIDYMIUM

From New Latin, from Greek didumos twin + -ium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIDYMIUM

didymium  [daɪˈdɪmɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIDYMIUM

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Didymium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIDYMIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Didymium

Didymium is a mixture of the elements praseodymium and neodymium. It is used in safety glasses for glassblowing and blacksmithing, especially when a gas powered forge is used, where it provides a filter which selectively blocks the yellowish light at 589 nm emitted by the hot sodium in the glass, without having a detrimental effect on general vision, unlike dark welder's glasses. Blocked also is the strong ultraviolet light emitted by the superheated forge gases and insulation lining the forge walls thereby saving the crafters' eyes from serious cumulative damage. The usefulness of didymium glass for eye protection of this sort was discovered by Sir William Crookes. Didymium photographic filters are often used to enhance autumn scenery by making leaves appear more vibrant. It does this by removing part of the orange region of the color spectrum, acting as an optical band-stop filter. Unfiltered, this group of colors tends to make certain elements of a picture appear "muddy". The "Sodium Vapor Process" used in motion picture matte work included a didymium filtering prism in the camera. Didymium is also used in calibration materials for spectroscopy.

Definition of didymium in the English dictionary

The definition of didymium in the dictionary is a mixture of the metallic rare earths neodymium and praseodymium, once thought to be an element. Other definition of didymium is a mixture of rare earths and their oxides used in colouring glass.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIDYMIUM


cadmium
ˈkædmɪəm
chromium
ˈkrəʊmɪəm
encomium
ɛnˈkəʊmɪəm
epithalamium
ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm
fermium
ˈfɜːmɪəm
ferrochromium
ˌfɛrəʊˈkrəʊmɪəm
gelsemium
dʒɛlˈsiːmɪəm
holmium
ˈhɒlmɪəm
iridosmium
ˌɪrɪdˈɒzmɪəm
neodymium
ˌniːəʊˈdɪmɪəm
osmium
ˈɒzmɪəm
peridesmium
ˌpɛrɪˈdɛzmɪəm
phormium
ˈfɔːmɪəm
praseodymium
ˌpreɪzɪəʊˈdɪmɪəm
premium
ˈpriːmɪəm
prooemium
prəʊˈiːmɪəm
prostomium
prəʊˈstəʊmɪəm
prothalamium
ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪəm
superpremium
ˌsuːpərˈpriːmɪəm
Verulamium
ˌvɛrʊˈleɪmɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIDYMIUM

didelphic
didelphid
didelphine
didelphous
Diderot
didgeridoo
didicoy
didjeridoo
didjeridu
didn´t
dido
didrachm
didrachma
didrachmae
didst
didy
didymous
didynamian
didynamous
didynamy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIDYMIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
coremium
equilibrium
insurance premium
lithium
medium
millennium
share premium
sodium
stadium
stomium
symposium
titanium
zoospermium

Synonyms and antonyms of didymium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «didymium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIDYMIUM

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The translations of didymium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «didymium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钕镨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

didimio
570 millions of speakers

English

didymium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डाइडीमियम
380 millions of speakers
ar

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didymium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дидима
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

didímio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

didymium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

didymium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Didymium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Didymium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジジム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

didymium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Didymium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

didymium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

didymium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेश्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

didymium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

didimio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

didymium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дидима
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

didymium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

διδύμιον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

didymium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

didymium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

didymium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of didymium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDYMIUM»

The term «didymium» is normally little used and occupies the 137.290 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDYMIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «didymium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «didymium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about didymium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIDYMIUM»

Discover the use of didymium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to didymium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cell Biology of Physarum and Didymium V1: Organisms, ...
Multinucleate cysts of the myxomycete Didymium iridis. Mycologia 71, 713-721 . Ling, H., and Upadhyaya, K. C. (1974).,Cytoplasmic incompatibility studies in the myxomycete Didymium iridis: Recovery and nuclear survival in heterokaryons.
Henery Aldrich, 1982
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The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
Solutions of didymium salts give, with hydrato of potassium or sodium, a slimy, transparent, bluish roso coloured precipitate, which dries up to flesh-red pieces of hydrated oxide of didymium, which, however, cannot be obtained by this process  ...
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
However, after allowing the bead to cool, and then gently re-heating it according to the plan adopted"f>y Mr. Sorby, the didymium crystallised out, showing the spectrum to perfection. fl9t I have observed didymium in Cumberland scheelite, but ...
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The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science; with ...
The spectrum of a didymium phosphate bead is shown in No. 3, which exhibits the complement of lines due to i-iooth grain ; but with 1200th the line 3 is absent, and even 1400th grain may be detected, but then the principal lines near the ...
Sir William Crookes, 1774
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Chemical News
Soluti0ns of didymium salts give, with hydrate of potassium or sodium, aslimy, transparent, bluish rose coloured precipitate, which dries up to flesh-red pieces of hydrated oxide of didymium, which, however, cannot be obtained by this process  ...
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
This chemist separates the oxides of lanthanum and didymium by two methods. The first process consists in heating the mixture of the two oxides in a current of chlorine gas, adding water to the mixed oxychlorides thus obtained, and setting ...
William Crookes, 1774
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Praseodymium: Isotopes of Praseodymium, Praseodymium ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 196. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
LLC Books, 2010
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English Flora: Class 24, Cryptogamia, Pt. 2, comprising the ...
Sessile. 8. D. lobátum, Nees, (lobed Didymium) ; nearly sessile, peridia subrotund or variable somewhat lobed black, clothed with dirty-white scurf, columella depressed, flocci and sporidia black-brown. Nees, f. 104. Fr. Syst. Мус. v. 3. p. 1 23.
James Edward Smith, William Jackson Hooker, Miles Joseph Berkeley, 1836
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Cell Biology of Physarum and Didymium V2: Differentiation, ...
Cell Biology of Physarum and Didymium V2
Henery Aldrich, 1982
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Researches on didymium
which yielded the spectrum now called that of "old" didymium. To the first of these , having an atomic mass of 143.6, he gave the name praseo.dymtum, from the green color of its salts ; and to the second, yielding rose red salts, with atomic ...
Emile Monnin Chamot, 1897

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIDYMIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term didymium is used in the context of the following news items.
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FireflySci Releases Spectrophotometer Calibration Standards for …
Previous spectrophotometer calibration standards, such as those made from didymium glass were only able to operate up to 875nm. Used in ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jun 15»
2
SMM Ranking by Metal Price Increase (Weekly)2015.06.05
Didymium oxide, RMB/mt, 286,600, 278,300, -2.90%. Europium oxide, RMB/kg, 1,550, 1,500, -3.23%. Source:SMM. Precious Metals. «Metal.com News, Jun 15»
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Rare Element Resources' Proprietary Separation Technology …
Lanthanum and three mixed rare earth products were produced consisting of didymium (neodymium and praseodymium, or NdPr); SEG ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jun 15»
4
Kincora to resume exploration
In return, Molycorp would provide Sumitomo with approximately 2.5 billion tonnes of cerium- and lanthanum-based productions, and 250 tonnes of didymium ... «Proactive Investors UK, Apr 15»
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Crookes' tube
... factory workers' eyes from the glare of foundries and glassworks, inventions echoed today in the didymium specs used by glassblowers. «Royal Society of Chemistry, Mar 15»
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What Is Neodymium?
... discovery brought about some controversy — the metal cannot be found naturally in its metallic form, and must be separated from didymium. «TheStreet.com, Mar 15»
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The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side, by Marco …
... didymium (D), donarium (Do), glucinium (G), ilmenium (Il), norium (Nr) and pelopium (Pe). These were nowhere to be found on the periodic ... «Times Higher Education, Feb 15»
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Prices Are Up for Magnet Rare Earths
These rare earths include neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, dysprosium 9 and didymium, which is a blend of praseodymium and ... «Rare Earth Investing News, Feb 15»
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Arafura Initiation – The Magnet Source
At a planned 20,000 tpa of total production, the levels of didymium and dysprosium oxides to be produced from the Nolans mine would rival the ... «InvestorIntel, Dec 14»
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A renaissance in metals
... metals, with an initial offering of dysprosium-iron this year, followed by a planned rollout next year of neodymium, and later didymium. «MIT News, Dec 14»

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