octium

Noun.  (chemistry) The name for the element oxygen in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)'s Systematic Element Name system.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.