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n. (context chemistry English) the 1- to 3-letter international code for a chemical element
Usage examples of "chemical symbol".
For example, two atoms of hydrogen together with one atom of oxygen form a molecule of the essential compound water (chemical symbol: H2O).
A single chemical symbol leapt out at him from the morass, and alarm ripped through him like a gunshot.
Silvers were called silver because the chemical symbol for silver was Ag, which stood for artificial genius.
Gold is the seventy-ninth element and the chemical symbol for it is AU.
Each one held aloft a banner, which was embroidered with the totem of his artificial extended family - an apple, an alligator, the chemical symbol for lithium, and so on.
She never learned, for example, that the chemical symbol for mercury wasn't _Mk_.
The C-capital C-and the small s, is the chemical symbol for cesium.