Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, largely inert gaseous element used chiefly in gas discharge lamps and fluorescent lamps. Atomic number 36; atomic weight 83.80; melting point −157.36°C; boiling point −153.34°C; density 3.733 grams per liter (0°C). cross-reference: Periodic Table.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chemical element, one of the five recently discovered gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, first obtained by Ramsay and Travers in 1898.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An inert gaseous element of the argon (noble gas) group, of atomic number 36, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Boiling point, -152.3° C.; melting point, -156.6° C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.8.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A chemical element (symbol Kr) with an
atomic number of 36; one of thenoble gases .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's included chairs with a germ-resistant fabric called krypton (ph) and a seating area for families.
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Although the density of the new gas, which we named "krypton" or
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Fluorine can react with noble gases such as krypton and xenon.
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According to Arnie Gunderson, a former U.S. nuclear power plant operator: events over the last day indicate that volatile radioactive elements such as xenon, krypton, cesium, iodine, and strontium are already being released from the Fufushima nuclear reactor.
Robert Alvarez: Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors Robert Alvarez 2011
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According to Arnie Gunderson, a former U.S. nuclear power plant operator: events over the last day indicate that volatile radioactive elements such as xenon, krypton, cesium, iodine, and strontium are already being released from the Fufushima nuclear reactor.
Robert Alvarez: Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors Robert Alvarez 2011
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Later, in 1898 he also discovered, by fractional distillation of liquid air, neon ( "the new one"), krypton ( "the hidden one") and xenon ( "the strange one").
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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First, a range of less-dangerous gases are liberated, including tritium, krypton and xenon.
Low Levels of Radioactive Material Begin to Be Detected Across Pacific Gautam Naik 2011
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According to Arnie Gunderson, a former U.S. nuclear power plant operator: events over the last day indicate that volatile radioactive elements such as xenon, krypton, cesium, iodine, and strontium are already being released from the Fufushima nuclear reactor.
Robert Alvarez: Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors Robert Alvarez 2011
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According to Arnie Gunderson, a former U.S. nuclear power plant operator: events over the last day indicate that volatile radioactive elements such as xenon, krypton, cesium, iodine, and strontium are already being released from the Fufushima nuclear reactor.
Robert Alvarez: Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors Robert Alvarez 2011
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According to Arnie Gunderson, a former U.S. nuclear power plant operator: events over the last day indicate that volatile radioactive elements such as xenon, krypton, cesium, iodine, and strontium are already being released from the Fufushima nuclear reactor.
Robert Alvarez: Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors Robert Alvarez 2011
oroboros commented on the word krypton
Can be spelled with the Periodic Table of Elements symbols: KrYPtON
December 12, 2006
oroboros commented on the word krypton
Kr.
December 16, 2007