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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Zirconium

/zûrkō'nēəm/ · Zir·co·ni·um · IPA /zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/
01 n. A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty…
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    A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.(Chem.)