1804, Modern Latin, coined by its discoverer, English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815) from Greek iris (genitive iridos) "rainbow;" so called for "the striking variety of colours which it gives while dissolving in marine acid" [Tennant]
实用例句
1. Iron, nickel, copper, silver, gold, iridium , or ruthenium may be included as cocatalyst metals.
铁 、 镍 、 铜, 银 、 金, 铱或钌,可用作复合催化剂金属.来自辞典例句
2. Using the same approach, iridium is alloyed with rhodium.
使用同样方法, 铱被熔合与铑.来自互联网
3. Before the collision , Iridium had a group of sixty - six satellites in orbit.
在这些卫星陨落之前, 铱星 公司有66颗卫星在轨道上运行.来自互联网
4. A Comparison of the IRIDIUM and AMPS Systems ( )
