Definition of Thulia

1. n. Oxide of thulium.

Definition of Thulia

1. Noun. (chemistry obsolete) thulium oxide ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thulia

1. an oxide of thulium [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thulia

1. Oxide of thulium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thulia

thuggos
thuggy
thuglike
thugocracies
thugocracy
thugs
thugz
thuja
thuja oil
thujas
thujin
thujol
thujone
thujones
thulia (current term)
thulian
thulias
thulite
thulites
thulium
thuliums
thumb
thumb-sketch
thumb-sketches
thumb a lift
thumb a ride
thumb drive
thumb drives
thumb forceps

Literary usage of Thulia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"... decomposing before the yttrium nitrate, extraction with water gave an insoluble residue rich in erbia, holmia, and thulia, and a nitrate rich in yttria. ..."

2. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1860)
"The Nereid and the thulia were so near alike that they could only be ... The thulia got the best start and seemed to lead, followed closely by the Nereid. ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"The examination for absorption-bands in a strong solution is a fairly good test for an earth, such as erbia and thulia, giving absorption spectra, ..."

4. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"Like a beautiful peach, wath the cheek of Mith thulia, And then, in her eye, ... But not though the catht in the eye of Mith thulia, There wath ..."

5. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"Another race took place on this day between the Haidee, Sophomore boat; the Thetis, Freshmen, of Harvard; and the thulia of Yale. ..."

6. The University Quarterly (1860)
"thulia " " The unsatisfactory termination of this race was due to the Haidee't fouling the thulia soon after the start, on account of which the ..."

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