Ŏs'mi-ūm, n.
n. [N. Lat. & Fr. osmium, from Gr. ὀσμή, a smell, odor. See supra.] (Chem.) A brittle, gray-colored metal, found with platinum. Its oxide forms a volatile acid of an acrid, disagreeable odor, whence the name. Dana.
n. [N. Lat. & Fr. osmium, from Gr. ὀσμή, a smell, odor. See supra.] (Chem.) A brittle, gray-colored metal, found with platinum. Its oxide forms a volatile acid of an acrid, disagreeable odor, whence the name. Dana.