About The Word Rubidium
Learn about the word Rubidium to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Rubidium definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Rubidium
| Rubidium Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Rubidium?
[n] a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rubidium: atomic number 37 | Rb Related Terms | Find terms related to Rubidium: See Also | carnallite | lepidolite | metal | metallic element | pollucite Rubidium In Webster's Dictionary \Ru*bid"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. rubidus red, fr. rubere
to be red. So called from two dark red spectroscopic lines by
means of which it was discovered in the lepidolite from
Rozena, Moravia. See {Rubicund}.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small
quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft
yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its
properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2.
|
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
- In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
- Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
- Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
- Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
- Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
- Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
- Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
- Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
- Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
- Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…