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selenium
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable gray metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Selenium \Se*le"ni*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. selh`nh the moon. So called because of its chemical analogy to tellurium (from L. tellus the earth), being, as it were, a companion to it.] (Chem.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group of atomic number 34, ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Selenium is a chemical element with symbol Se and atomic number 34. It is a nonmetal with properties that are intermediate between the elements above and below in the periodic table , sulfur and tellurium . It rarely occurs in its elemental state or as ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
element name, Modern Latin, from Greek selene "moon" (see Selene ). Named by Berzelius (1818), on analogy of tellurium , with which it had been at first confused, and which was named for the earth. Despite the -ium ending it is not a metal and a more appropriate ...
Usage examples of selenium.
Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium made up another, while lithium, sodium, and potassium were placed in a third.
Lycopene, folate, and perhaps selenium, found in tomato products and garlic have anticancer properties.
Besides that, the ore also contained other valuable metals like cobalt and the platinum-group metals, as well as nonmetals like sulfur, arsenic, selenium, germanium, phosphorus, carbon.
Perhaps it picked up iron from the soil, as horsetails pick up calcium oxalate, or some prairie grasses pick up selenium.
It also serves to prevent cancer and heart disease, and low selenium has also been found to be a factor in cot deaths.
That parabolic mirror gathers in the scattered rays, focusses them on the selenium cell which you saw in the middle of the reflector, and that causes the cell to vary the amount of electric current passing through it from a battery of storage cells.
Analysis of the dirt once again showed the lack of certain rare earths, minerals: chitin, Vitamin A and E, most of the rare earths and selenium, although sulphur was present in quantity.
Whatever creatures had lived here before had had different requirements for there were significant basic elements lacking in the soil: chitin, selenium, most of the rare earths, and a paucity of calcium, though quantities of that would have been available from sea creatures.
There was not a soul in the room, nothing but the selenium cell, the chairs, the desk.
The faithful little selenium cell burglar alarm had done the trick.
Upon this dry call of selenium cell (that horn of lunghalloon, Riland's in peril!
In addition to mystical and spiritual matters, the subjects that she chose to discuss with this plump deity included her opinions of the newest boy bands, whether her daily intake of selenium was sufficient, recipes for tofu, what hair styles were likely to be the most flattering to the shape of her face, and whether Pooh of Pooh Corners was a secret opium smoker with a secondary Prozac habit.