Wa"si*um (?), n. [NL. So called from
Wasa, or Vasa, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.]
(Chem.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted
from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
Wa"si*um (?), n. [NL. So called from
Wasa, or Vasa, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.]
(Chem.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted
from wasite, but now identified with thorium.