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Definition: Molybdenum |
MolybdenumNoun1. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "molybdenum" was first used: 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Molybdenum \Mol`yb*de"num\, noun. [NL.: compare to the French expression molybd[`e]ne. See Molybdena.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Chemical element:atomic number 42. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A silvery-white, very hard, metallic element. Symbol, Mo. Does not occur native, but is obtained principally from molybdenite. Wulfenite (PbMoO 4 ), and powellite (Ca(MoW)O4 ) are also minor commercial ores. Valuable as an alloying agent with steel and nickel. Used for electrodes in electrically heated glass furnaces, in nuclear energy applications, and for missile and aircraft parts. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MoTc | English | Molybdenum Technetium | Chemistry, Medicine |
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Synonym: MolybdenumSynonym: atomic number 42 (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Molybdenum |
| English words defined with "molybdenum": alloy cast iron, alloy iron, atomic number 75 ♦ molybdenite, molybdenum steel, Molybdic, Molybdous ♦ Potelot ♦ Re, rhenium ♦ Semimetal ♦ wulfenite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "molybdenum": Chromium Alloys ♦ ferromolybdenum, ferro-molybdenum ♦ kappa carbide ♦ Man-Ten steel alloy, molybdenum anhydride, molybdenum mineral, molybdenum silicide, MOLYBDENUM-STEAMER OPERATOR ♦ peat scours, porphyry copper deposit, porphyry deposit, pure steel ♦ refractory metal ♦ teart, teart scours, thermit process ♦ Vitallium. (references) |
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 | Production. Copper. One of the gas-heater roasters at the Arthur mill of the Utah Copper Company where molybdenum concentrates are treated. Molybdenum is recovered as a by-product of the copper ore. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Stores opposite Molybdenum Company mine. Climax, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Residue from Molybdenum Company mine. Climax Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Molybdenum Company mine. Climax Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Denmark | Greenland--fish, zinc, lead, molybdenum, uranium, gold, platinum. (references) |
Chile | Mining (11.4% of GDP): Copper, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, and molybdenum. (references) | |
Armenia | Two mines, in Kagharan and Agarak are currently running to almost full capacity processing raw copper and molybdenum. (references) | |
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| "Molybdenum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Molybdenum" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "molybdenum": molybdenum steel. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "molybdenum": chrome-vanadium-molybdenum, diamond-molybdenum, ferro-molybdenum, uranium-molybdenum. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "molybdenum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | molibden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | молибден. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鉬 , '. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | molybden (Mo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | molybdaen, molybdæn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | molybdeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | molibdeno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | molybdeeni (molybdenum considerably imyroves the fineness of the precipitates and their distribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | molybdène. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Molybdän. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μολυβδαίνιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | molibdén. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | molibdeno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | モノカルボン酸 (dag coating containing molybdenum, mobile, mohair, Mohawk, Mohawk haircut, moment, momism, monaural, monaural record, monocarboxylic acid, monochrome, monoclonal, mono-fluorine, monogram, monograph, monographie, monolock, monologue, monomania, monomaniac, monomer, monopolize, monopoly, monorail, monosexual, monotone, monotype, moped, moral hazard, moral majority, moral pollution, moral risk, moral sense, moral support, morale, morale survey, moralist, morality, moratorium, Morris dance, person fond of using a mobile phone, unisex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | モリブデン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 몸리브덴. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olybdenummay molibdenite (molybdenite), molibdénio. (various references) молибден. (various references) molibden. (various references) molibdeno. (various references) molybden. (various references) molibden. (various references) молибден. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | molybdos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Molybdaenum. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "molybdenum": molybdenums. (additional references) | |
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"Molybdenum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: molybendum. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "molybdenum" (pronounced muli"bdenum) |
| 3 | -n u m | acronym, aluminium, aluminum, arcanum, denim, duodenum, granum, interregnum, lanthanum, laudanum, magnum, organum, phenom, platinum, plenum, tympanum, venom. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-m-m-n-o-u-y" | |
-3 letters: benomyl, mumbled, nelumbo, unlobed. | |
-4 letters: beyond, blonde, blumed, bummed, bundle, buoyed, dolmen, double, doubly, dumbly, embody, emboly, lemony, louden, melody, mobled, module, mouldy, mumble, mumbly, nebuly, nodule, nudely, numbed, numbly, unmold. | |
-5 letters: bendy, blend, blond, blued, bluey, blume, boned, boney, boule, bound, demob, demon, doyen, dummy, dynel, ebony, lemon, lobed, loden, lubed, lumen. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-l-m-m-n-o-u-y" | |
+1 letter: molybdenums. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6C 79 62 64 65 6E 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- .-.. -.--. -... -.. . -. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101100 01111001 01100010 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o l y b d e n u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006C 0079 0062 0064 0065 006E 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47817891687071808779 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Esperanto | vortaro, difino, traduko | есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, esperanto, esperanto dili |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukraino, ukraina, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglan, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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