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xenon


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xenon  \Xen"on\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  neut.  of  ?  strange.]  (Chem.) 
  A  very  heavy,  inert  gaseous  element  occurring  in  the 
  atmosphere  in  the  proportion  of  one  volume  is  about  20 
  millions.  It  was  discovered  by  Ramsay  and  Travers  in  1898.  It 
  can  be  condensed  to  a  liquid  boiling  at  -109[deg]  C.,  and  to 
  a  solid  which  volatilizes  without  melting.  Symbol  Xe  or  X; 
  atomic  weight  130.2. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  xenon 
  n  :  a  colorless  odorless  inert  gaseous  element  occurring  in  the 
  earth's  atmosphere  in  trace  amounts  [syn:  {Xe},  {atomic 
  number  54}] 
 
  From  Elements  database  20001107  [elements]: 
 
  xenon 
  Symbol:  Xe 
  Atomic  number:  54 
  Atomic  weight:  131.30 
  Colourless,  odourless  gas  belonging  to  group  18  on  the  periodic  table  (the 
  noble  gases.)  Nine  natural  isotopes  and  seven  radioactive  isotopes  are 
  known  Xenon  was  part  of  the  first  noble-gas  compound  synthesized. 
  Several  others  involving  Xenon  have  been  found  since  then.  Xenon  was 
  discovered  by  Ramsey  and  Travers  in  1898. 
 
 




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