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gallium|ˈgælɪəm|
[mod.L.; said to be f. L. gallus cock, a translation of Lecoq.]
A soft, tough, bluish-white metal, easily melted, discovered by M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1875) in a zinc-blende from the Pyrenees.
1875Fam. Herald 6 Nov. 14/2 The new metal, which is called gallium, was found by the spectroscope in zinc ores. 1885Athenæum 17 July 84/2 This metal appears..to be probably gallium. |