xenon

xenon
xenon [zē′nän΄, zen′än΄]
n.
[ModL < Gr, neut. of xenos, foreign, a stranger: so named (1898) by RAMSAY Sir William & M. W. Travers (see KRYPTON), as the hitherto unknown inert gas]
a heavy, colorless, gaseous chemical element, one of the noble gases, present in the air in minute quantities and found to react with fluorine and other reactive compounds and to form salts and acids in solution: used in bubble chambers, electric luminescent tubes, lasers, vacuum tubes, etc.: symbol, Xe; at. no., 54: see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement

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  • xenon — (n.) gaseous element, 1898, from Gk. xenon, neuter of xenos foreign, strange (see GUEST (Cf. guest)); coined by its co discoverer, Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay (1852 1916); Cf. KRYPTON (Cf. krypton) …   Etymology dictionary

  • xênon — s. m. [Química] Elemento químico (símbolo Xe), de número atômico 54, de massa atômica 131,30, gás inerte em quantidade ínfima no ar. = XÊNIO, XENÔNIO • [Brasil] Plural: xênones ou xênons.   ♦ Grafia em Portugal: xénon …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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