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A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures)
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caesium
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Caesium or cesium is a chemical element with symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28.5 °C (83.3 °F), which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It had a caesium 137 concentration of only 4 becquerels per kilogram. ▪ The caesium chloride lattice is thus said to have 8:8 coordination. ▪ The caesium chloride structure, for example, consists of a cubic structure of cations ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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see cesium .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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caesium \caesium\, Caesium \C[ae]"si*um\, n. [NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, ...
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n. a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal [syn: cesium , Cs , atomic number 55 ]
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