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tho·ria (t̸hôr′ē ə)

noun

a white, powdery form of thorium dioxide, ThO, used esp. in gas mantles and in making refractory crucibles

Etymology: ModL < Swed Thorjord, lit., Thor-earth (so named by Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius): see thorium

Browse dictionary entries near thoria

  1. ‹ Thoreau
  2. ‹ Thorazine
  3. ‹ thorax
  4. ‹ thoracotomy
  5. ‹ thoracolumbar
  6. ‹ thoraco-
  7. ‹ thoracic duct
  8. ‹ thoracic
  9. ‹ Thor
  10. ‹ Thonga
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