About The Word Caesium
Learn about the word Caesium to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Caesium definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Caesium
| Caesium Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Caesium?
[n] a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
Synonyms | Synonyms for Caesium: atomic number 55 | cesium | Cs Related Terms | Find terms related to Caesium: See Also | cesium 137 | metal | metallic element | pollucite Caesium In Webster's Dictionary \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, and is
the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known.
Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
- Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
- Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
- Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
- Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
- Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
- Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
- Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
- Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
- Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…