gallium
noun/ˈɡæliəm/
Etymology Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
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A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
- Derived terms
- aluminium gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide, aluminium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium nitride, copper indium gallium selenide, digallium, gallane, gallian, galliferous, gallium arsenide, gallium arsenide phosphide, gallium citrate, gallium gadolinium garnet, gallium nitrate, gallium nitride, indium gallium nitride, organogallium, radiogallium, triethylgallium, trigallium, trimethylgallium