xenon

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It's a chemical symbol for xenon, which is defined as "a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element present in the atmosphere ... used to fill luminescent tubes."

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  1. noun A colorless, odorless, highly unreactive gaseous element found in minute quantities in the atmosphere, extracted commercially from liquefied air and used in stroboscopic, bactericidal, and laser-pumping lamps. Atomic number 54; atomic weight 131.29; melting point -111.9°C; boiling point -107.1°C; density (gas) 5.887 grams per liter; specific gravity (liquid) 3.52 (-109°C). See Table at element.

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  • ArNO 2 From the patent I posted the number to in a recent post: quote: When the charge is detonated in the confined atmosphere of a monatomic gas such as argon or xenon, the propagation of the resultant shock wave through the gas causes adiabatic heating and compression of the gas. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Let's outshine the sun
  • The research team will try to catch the ghostly particles in a 300-kilogram tank of liquid xenon, a cold substance that is three times heavier than water. —  Durangoherald.com
  • It's a chemical symbol for xenon, which is defined as "a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element present in the atmosphere ... used to fill luminescent tubes." —  The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue
  • The word Xenon comes from the Greek word xenon which means stranger it was discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • The word Xenon comes from the Greek word xenon which means stranger it was discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898. has an Atomic Number of 86, the Atomic Symbol Rn, and the Atomic Mass of 222. 018g / mol. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
 

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  1. From Greek, neuter of xenos, foreign, strange; see xeno-.

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  1. New Latin xenon, from Greek ξένον, neuter of ξένος, strange, a stranger.
 

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/ˈzɛnɑn/
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