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krypton
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Krypton (from "the hidden one") is a chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a member of group 18 (noble gases) elements. A colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas , krypton occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere and is often used ...
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Noble \No"ble\, a. [Compar. Nobler ; superl. Noblest .] [F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know .] Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, ...
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n. a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air [syn: Kr , atomic number 36 ]
Usage examples of krypton.
Bodine drives the truck right on into what used to be the stable and they all get out, Shirley hoorahing in the moonlight, Krypton mumbling oboy, oboy through big mouthfuls of that frau bait.
The atomic numbers of the five noble gases are: helium 2, neon 10, argon 18, krypton 36, and xenon 54.
The impulse entered a dividing network using kryton switches - each of them a small and exceedingly fast device using self-ionized and radioactive krypton gas to time its discharges with remarkable precision.
The amount of oxygen was about the same as that of the rare gas krypton on Earth-less than a tenth of one per cent.
It was quite a simple idea, and went something like this: What if Kal-El of Krypton, escaping his home planet's destruction, had landed in the late Soviet Union instead of Smallville, U.