rhenium means A metallic chemical element with the atomic number 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
rhenium is pronounced /ˈɹiːniəm/.
Etymology
From Latin Rhenus (“Rhine”), + -ium.
noun
- A metallic chemical element with the atomic number 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.“Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.”
- A single atom of this element.