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niobium

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
niobium \ni*o"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. & E. Niobe .] (Chem.) The chemical element of atomic number 4 Chemical symbol Nb. Atomic weight 9 91. Previously called columbium . See also Columbium .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Nb) with an atomic number of 41.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium [syn: Nb , atomic number 41 ]

Usage examples of niobium.

He showed his colleagues, under the electron microscope, how the nonliving parasites ate their way into the filaments of a superconducting niobium compound, multiplying as more and more material was devoured.

Number Eight was next and then Four, whose good time was spoiled by a five part in ten thousand error in the niobium figure.

Modern stainless steels may also contain nickel, manganese, niobium, tungsten and titanium, none of which the Grantvillers will be producing any time soon.

During a lull in the carousing, I dealt each of my three human companions a niobium EFT card primed with the agreed-upon stipend, plus a sizable bonus.

The residue may consist of unremoved silica, and oxides of tantalum, niobium, and, perhaps, chromium.

The oxide of niobium dissolved in a bead of microcosmic salt gives a bluish colour in the reducing flame.

But one hundred thousand tons of high-grade niobium is worth the trip and then some.

One shipload of niobium ore, even if it takes a eight-year round trip at sub-light speeds to obtain, will easily pay for nine lost drones.

Tantalum, extracted from niobium ore, is used to construct matter transmitter focusing rings, among other things.

One shipload of niobium ore, even if it takes an eight year round trip at sub-lightspeeds to obtain, will easily pay for nine lost drones.

S-cubes, moongems, boxes of organic dirt, bars of niobium, tanks of helium, vats of sewage, feely tapes, intelligent prosthetics, carboys of water, and cheap mecco novelties of every description.

He handed me three small plastic rectangles, niobium Rampart credit cards made out in the names of Helmut Icicle, Matilde Gregoire, and Karl Nazarian.

He actualized an imipolex figure and equipped it with camera-eyes, an uvvy, a rudimentary niobium wire nervous system, and a control patch like he'd given Willa Jean.

And the superconducting niobium alloy showed, in the unbroken lengths, cavities—parts eaten away by endothermic catalysis.

Here, within a metre-wide sphere of perfect orbit-fused quartz, the quartz covered with a mirror coating of niobium, were eight thumb-sized ceramic cells, each containing approximately a thousand atoms of copper.