handwavium

noun /handˈweɪ.vi.əm/

1. Any hypothetical but unobtainable material with desirable engineering properties.

   informal, uncountable

   My handwavium was an invented mineral, but - reading up - what about platinum? Could I substitute platinum for handwavium?

Where it comes from

From hand waving + -ium (“the chemical element suffix”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry handwavium (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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