gallium means A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
gallium is pronounced /ˈɡæliəm/.
Etymology
Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
noun
- A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.