carolinium
English
editEtymology
editNamed after the University of North Carolina, + -ium.
Noun
editcarolinium (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A supposed chemical element isolated from thorium.
- 1914, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The World Set Free[1]:
- There, as more and more of the Carolinum became active, the bomb spread itself out into a monstrous cavern of fiery energy at the base of what became very speedily a miniature active volcano.