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English Dictionary: Columbium by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columbium
n
  1. a former name for niobium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columbium \Co*lum"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Columbia America.]
      (Chem.)
      A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a
      variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut,
      probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now
      more commonly called {niobium}.

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   columbium
   The original name for {niobium}.
  
  
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