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ATOMIC NUMBER 52
Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 52 mean?
• ATOMIC NUMBER 52 (noun)
The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 52 has 1 sense:
1. a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 52 used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
atomic number 52; Te; tellurium
Hypernyms ("atomic number 52" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Holonyms ("atomic number 52" is a substance of...):
graphic tellurium; sylvanite (a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America)
telluride (any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements)
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