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ATOMIC NUMBER 48

Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 48 mean?

• ATOMIC NUMBER 48 (noun)
The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 48 has 1 sense:

1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 48 used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATOMIC NUMBER 48 (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 48; cadmium; Cd

Hypernyms ("atomic number 48" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("atomic number 48" is a substance of...):

calamine; hemimorphite (a white mineral; a common ore of zinc)

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