cesium的词源

英文词源

cesium (n.)

also caesium, rare alkaline metal, 1861, coined by Bunsen and Kirchhoff in 1860 in Modern Latin (caesium), from Latin caesius "blue-gray" (especially of eyes), in reference to the two prominent blue lines in its spectrum, by which it was first identified.

中文词源

cesium：铯

词源同cerulean, 天蓝色的。因该金属元素呈天蓝色而命名。字母r,s音变。

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