Associations to the word «Osmium»

Wiktionary

OSMIUM, noun. A heavy metallic chemical element (symbol Os) with an atomic number of 76
OSMIUM TETROXIDE, noun. (chemistry) An oxide of the metal osmium, OsO4; it is very poisonous, has a pungent smell and can cause blindness; it is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is used to stain biological materials.

Dictionary definition

OSMIUM, noun. A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats