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Meaning
noun a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon
originFrom a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.
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