/thawr"ee euh, thohr"-/ , n. Chem.
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle. Also called thorium oxide, thorium dioxide .
[ 1835-45; THORI(UM) + -A 4 ]
/thawr"ee euh, thohr"-/ , n. Chem.
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle. Also called thorium oxide, thorium dioxide .
[ 1835-45; THORI(UM) + -A 4 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012