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Definition: thorinum
Thorium
\Tho"ri*um\, n. [NL. See
Thorite.] (Chem.)
A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as
thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an
infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and
forms thoria; -- formerly called also
thorinum. Symbol Th.
Atomic weight 232.0.
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