/ree"nee euhm/ , n. Chem.
a rare metallic element of the manganese subgroup: used, because of its high melting point, in platinum-rhenium thermocouples. Symbol: Re; at. no.: 75; at. wt.: 186.2.
[ 1920-25; Rhen ( us ) RHINE + -ium -IUM ]
/ree"nee euhm/ , n. Chem.
a rare metallic element of the manganese subgroup: used, because of its high melting point, in platinum-rhenium thermocouples. Symbol: Re; at. no.: 75; at. wt.: 186.2.
[ 1920-25; Rhen ( us ) RHINE + -ium -IUM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012