Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hard, silvery-white metallic element used to toughen steels and in corrosion-resistant nickel alloys. An essential trace element in plant nutrition, it is used in fertilizers, dyes, enamels, and reagents. Atomic number 42; atomic weight 95.96; melting point 2,623°C; boiling point 4,639°C; specific gravity 10.22 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. cross-reference: Periodic Table.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Chemical symbol, Mo; atomic weight, 95. 8. A metal of a silver-white color, but harder than silver, which fuses with difficulty, if at all, at the highest temperature of a wind-furnace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic number 42. Atomic weight 95.94.
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- noun A metallic chemical element (symbol Mo) with an
atomic number of 42.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
Etymologies
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Examples
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If copper is the life blood of the economy, I call molybdenum the glue of the economy.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page The Gold Report 2010
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The deal is likely to make Sichuan Hanlong a major player in the global market for molybdenum, which is commonly used in steel alloys and to remove sulfur impurities from petroleum products.
Corporate Watch 2010
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Taken together, the interests in both miners are likely to make Sichuan Hanlong a major player in the global market for molybdenum, which is commonly used in steel alloys and to remove sulfur impurities from petroleum products.
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Production of molybdenum, which is used in the making of steel, decreased 28%.
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It also said its operations for molybdenum, which is used in the making of steel, are likely to remain weaker than normal.
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The reactors produce material called molybdenum-99 that decays into technetium-99m, which is the most commonly used medical isotope in the U.S.
Closure of Canadian Nuclear Reactor Hampers Medical Sector 2009
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Freeport, based in Phoenix, said it is slashing its 2009 capital-expenditure budget by 52%, to $1.1 billion from a prior estimate of $2.3 billion, because of sharply lower prices of copper and molybdenum, which is used to strengthen steel.
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The Metals Week Dealer Oxide price for molybdenum, which is used in steelmaking, had fallen to $9 on Monday from about $30 a pound in October, hurt by the slump in demand for steel.
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Many times I typed the word molybdenum, uncertain how it might be said.
Molybdenum 1995
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Sales of copper, gold and molybdenum, which is used to strengthen steel, all topped the company's expectations.
Freeport-McMoRan 4Q earnings jump on higher prices - Yahoo! Finance 2011
oroboros commented on the word molybdenum
Mo.
December 16, 2007
yarb commented on the word molybdenum
Shortened to moly, pronounced molly, in the metals trade.
August 26, 2008