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thallium
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Tl) with atomic number 81. 2 A single atom of this element.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thallium \Thal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? young or green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright green line in its spectrum.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thallium is a chemical element with symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray post-transition metal is not found free in nature. When isolated, it resembles tin , but discolors when exposed to air. Chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores [syn: Tl , atomic number 81 ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rare metallic element, 1861, Modern Latin, from Greek thallos "young shoot, green branch" (see thallus ) + element name ending -ium . So called by its discoverer, Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), from the green line in its spectrum by which he detected ...
Usage examples of thallium.
Hair loss, lethargy, tingling of the hands and feet, slurred speech It was thallium poisoning.
She put thallium in the milk when the tea-tray was sent in to Miss Able, knowing Withers and Sonia Orrincourt were there and knowing Sonia was the only one who took milk.
His cargo pod was jammed with tree-of-life roots and seeds, and bags of thallium oxide.
Vorst anywhere, that you rigged the whole thing, that there was a bullet or a knife or a glass of thallium waiting for me at the end of it.
He confirmed that it was almost certainly thallium poisoning, wrote out a programme of treatment and telephoned himself to one of the Assistant Commissioners at Scotland Yard.
Called thallium because it has a brilliant green stripe in its spectrum.
In 1861 the English chemist and physicist William Crookes discovered thallium, a heavy metal, in a sample of clay.
But, I do know that thallium is a delayed action poison for which there is no antidote.
She poisoned her mother with thallium and recorded in her diary every painful symptom her mother suffered.
The markings and keys on all the component parts painted in radioactive thallium gave the correct orientation to the machines assembling them precisely and at high speed.
I once watched Jerry Fabin staggering around and falling down, shitting all over himself, not knowing where he was, trying to get me to look up and research what poison he'd got hold of, thallium sulfate most likely .