Xenon Definition

zēnŏn
noun
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
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 54
  • xe

Other Word Forms of Xenon

Noun

Singular:
xenon
Plural:
xenons

Origin of Xenon

  • From Ancient Greek ξένον (ksenon), neuter of ξένος (xenos, “foreign, strange").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek neuter of xenos foreign, strange xeno–

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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