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Osmium   /ˈɑzmiəm/   Listen
Osmium

noun
1.
A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known.  Synonyms: atomic number 76, Os.





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... to the upper deck. Here, on a platform, were the two batteries of three ray-guns apiece, mounted on swivels, and firing in any direction on the port and starboard sides respectively. The guns were enclosed in a thin sheath of osmium, through which the lethal rays penetrated unchanged; about them, thick shields of lead protected ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 • Various


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