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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of the elements in Group 18 of the periodic table, including helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, which are monatomic and with limited exceptions chemically inert.

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  • noun chemistry Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert.

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  • noun any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table

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