inert gas - definition and meaning

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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

n. See noble gas.

Wiktionary

n. A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions.
n. A noble gas.

WordNet 3.0

n. any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table

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- he
- ar
- neon
- ne
- Kr
- argon
- helium
- radon
- xenon
- krypton
- Rn
- Xe
- atomic number 10
- atomic number 36
- atomic number 18
- atomic number 86
- atomic number 54
- atomic number 2
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Words that contain this word in their definition
- helium
- argon
- ar
- atomic number 18
- krypton
- atomic number 2
- he
- radon
- xenon
- noble gas
- carbon dioxide
- paraffin
- inert gases
- inerted
- inerting
- incandescent lamp
- co2 extinguisher
- -on
- propellant
- destructive distillation
- spark chamber
- fluorescent
- nitrogen
- n
- atomic number 7
- tungsten lamp
- Schlenk flask
- Schlenk tube
- plasma display
- xenon hexafluoroplatinate
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