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Rubidium
Ru-bid′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
rubidus
red, fr. rubere
to be red. So called from two dark red
spectroscopic lines by means of which it was discovered in the lepidolite from Rozena, Moravia. See Rubicund
.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the alkali metal series, atomic number 37. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.48.
Definition 2024
Rubidium
Rubidium
German
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rb | Previous: Krypton (Kr) |
| Next: Strontium (Sr) | |
Noun
Rubidium n (genitive Rubidiums, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Rubidium (uncountable)
Luxembourgish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rb | Previous: Krypton (Kr) |
| Next: Strontium (Sr) | |
Noun
Rubidium ? (uncountable)
rubidium
rubidium
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Rb | Previous: krypton (Kr) |
| Next: strontium (Sr) | |
Noun
rubidium (usually uncountable, plural rubidiums)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
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Translations
element with atomic number 37
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References
- ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rb | Previous: kripton (Kr) |
| Next: strontium (Sr) | |
Noun
rubidium (uncountable)
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rb | Previous: krypton (Kr) |
| Next: strontium (Sr) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
rubidium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Noun
rubidium
Declension
| Inflection of rubidium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rubidium | rubidiumit | |
| genitive | rubidiumin | rubidiumien | |
| partitive | rubidiumia | rubidiumeja | |
| illative | rubidiumiin | rubidiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rubidium | rubidiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | rubidium | rubidiumit |
| gen. | rubidiumin | ||
| genitive | rubidiumin | rubidiumien | |
| partitive | rubidiumia | rubidiumeja | |
| inessive | rubidiumissa | rubidiumeissa | |
| elative | rubidiumista | rubidiumeista | |
| illative | rubidiumiin | rubidiumeihin | |
| adessive | rubidiumilla | rubidiumeilla | |
| ablative | rubidiumilta | rubidiumeilta | |
| allative | rubidiumille | rubidiumeille | |
| essive | rubidiumina | rubidiumeina | |
| translative | rubidiumiksi | rubidiumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | rubidiumein | |
| abessive | rubidiumitta | rubidiumeitta | |
| comitative | — | rubidiumeineen | |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ruˈbi.di.um/, [rʊˈbɪ.di.ũ]
Noun
rubidium n (genitive rubidiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rubidium | rubidia |
| genitive | rubidiī | rubidiōrum |
| dative | rubidiō | rubidiīs |
| accusative | rubidium | rubidia |
| ablative | rubidiō | rubidiīs |
| vocative | rubidium | rubidia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʁyˈbi˦ɖɔ˧m]
Noun
rubidium n
Inflection
Declension of rubidium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rubidium | rubidia | rubidieke | rubidiekes |
| Genitive | rubidiums | rubidia | rubidiekes | rubidiekes |
| Locative | rubidieës | rubidieëser | rubidieëske | rubidieëskes |
| Dative¹ | rubidiumme | — | rubidieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | rubidium | — | rubidieke | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rb | Previous: kripton (Kr) |
| Next: strontium (Sr) | |
Etymology
From English rubidium, from New Latin, from Latin rubidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rubidiom], [rubidiəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
rubidium
- rubidium (element with atomic number 37)
Swedish
Noun
rubidium n (uncountable)
Declension
Declension of rubidium
| uncountable | uncountable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | rubidium | rubidiumet | ||
| genitive | rubidiums | rubidiumets | ||