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English
Etymology 1
From a brand name which is a Blend of anodized + aluminum.
Noun
anodium (uncountable)
- (dated) Anodized aluminum.
1943, Product Engineering - Volume 14, Issues 7-12, page 251:This toughness is the result of a uniquely fine grain size imparted by vanadium to steel, anodium steels are readily cast, forged, and rolled.
1945, Building Science Abstracts - Volumes 18-19, page 125:Terrazzo is not recommended as a wall covering but rather 12 in. by 8 in. tiles of a soft green colour particularly for the operating rooms where too, shelves may be of polished anodium covered with green rubber pad.
1961, East African Trade & Industry - Issues 89-97, page 29:Most of the items can be supplied in any of the following finishes : brass bronze, nickel silver, chromium, anodium, satin chrome.
1963, Great Britain Ministry of Education, Youth Club: Withywood Bristol, page 59:External doors: mortice latch-locks, anodized anodium lever handles and 4 in. steel butts.
1967, Chemical Processing - Volume 13, Part 2, page v:The ability to anodize at these high core densities is attributable to a novel method of transporting the electrolyte over the anodium surface in a direction opposite to the travel of the strip.
Etymology 2
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Noun
anodium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, historical) A hypothesized substance from which all other elements were formed.
2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, →ISBN:There had been a “cosmium” and “neutronium” (“element”), too, to say nothing of “archonium,” “asterium,” “aetherium,”and the Ur-element “anodium", from which all the other elements supposedly were built.