CS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cs mean? 

• CS (noun)
  The noun CS has 1 sense:

1. a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal

  Familiarity information: CS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 55; caesium; cesium; Cs

Hypernyms ("Cs" 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.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Cs"):

cesium 137 (a radioactive isotope of cesium used in radiation therapy)

Holonyms ("Cs" is a substance of...):

pollucite (a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium)

 Context examples 

When used in prostate brachytherapy, Cs-131 demonstrated advantages over other commonly used isotopes.

(Cesium Cs-131, NCI Thesaurus)

Cesium Cs 137 is prevalent due to its spontaneous production, which occurs as a result of nuclear fission of other radioactive materials, such as uranium and plutonium.

(Cesium Cs 137, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of atomic spectroscopy capable of qualitatively or quantitatively determining certain cations (particularly Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Ba, Cu) by utilizing a low temperature flame capable of exciting a valence electron to an upper energy state which emits light at a wavelength unique to each cation as the electron returns to its ground state.

(Flame Photometry, NCI Thesaurus)

Again, when, after the battle of Mohács, we threw off the Hungarian yoke, we of the Dracula blood were amongst their leaders, for our spirit would not brook that we were not free.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Cs-131 is a gamma photon-emitting radionuclide with high energy and a relatively short half-life of 9.7 days.

(Cesium Cs-131, NCI Thesaurus)

Both Cs 137 and its metastable nuclear isomer, barium-137m, emit gamma radiation of moderate energy and so are used in sterilization procedures in the food industry or in hospital environments.

(Cesium Cs 137, NCI Thesaurus)

An unstable radioisotope of cesium (Cs) with radiocytotoxic application.

(Cesium Cs-131, NCI Thesaurus)