dvi-manganese en · NOUN
Etymology
From dvi- + manganese.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) rhenium
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.
2001 April 16, J. Michael Davis, “Manganese and Rhenium”, in Patty's Toxicology, →DOI: