glucinum
/ɡluːˈsaɪnəm/
noun
- A variant spelling of glucinium, an old name for the element beryllium.
- Glucinum was used to describe the same element we now call beryllium.
- The term glucinum appears in historical chemistry texts from the 1800s.
- Some 19th-century scientists preferred the spelling glucinum over glucinium.
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