ATOMIC NUMBER 48

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 48 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 48 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 48 has 1 sense:

1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 48 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 48 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 48; cadmium; Cd

Hypernyms ("atomic number 48" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("atomic number 48" is a substance of...):

calamine; hemimorphite (a white mineral; a common ore of zinc)

 Context examples 

An element with atomic symbol Cd, atomic number 48, and atomic weight 112.4.

(Cadmium, NCI Thesaurus)