how to pronounce osmium

/ˈɒzmiəm/

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osmium is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of osmium in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… iridium and osmium appear over china …”

meanings of osmium

noun:

A single atom of this element.
A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.

osmium frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word osmium occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.