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Krypton
/ˈkɹɪptɒn/
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
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The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
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An atom of this element.
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| krnoun | Abbreviation of Kumar. [A male given name from Sanskrit.] |
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| krnoun | Abbreviation of Kumar. [A male given name from Sanskrit.] |
| photocoagulationnoun | (medicine) A surgical procedure in which a tumour, or diseased retinal tissue, is destroyed by using a laser. |
| kryptonateverb | (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85). |
| krypton difluoridenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of krypton and fluorine |
| kryptonidenoun | A binary compound of krypton |
| kryptidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of krypton |
| xenonnoun | The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology. |
| argonnoun | The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas. |
| chlorinnoun | (organic chemistry) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages. |
| chlorinenoun | A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. |
| hydrokryptoacetylenenoun | (organic chemistry) The acetylene derivative of krypton, HKrC≡CH |
| brominenoun | (uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature. |
| chlorine-37noun | (physics) The minor stable isotope of chlorine, ³⁷₁₇Cl, having seventeen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to about 24% of the element in nature |
| brominnoun | Archaic form of bromine. [(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.] |
| halogennoun | (chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine. |
| iodinenoun | A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens. |
| chlorine-35noun | (physics) The major stable isotope of chlorine, ³⁵₁₇Cl, having seventeen protons and eighteen neutrons; it amounts to about 76% of the element in nature |
| chlorine-36noun | (physics) A long-lived radioactive isotope of chlorine, ³⁶₁₇Cl, having seventeen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of 3x10⁵ years; it can be used to date samples of groundwater |
| chonnoun | A surname. |
| tetraxenonnoun | (inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Four xenon atoms in a molecule |
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