HELIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does helium mean? • HELIUM (noun)
The noun HELIUM has 1 sense:
1. a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
Familiarity information: HELIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HELIUM (noun)
Meaning:
A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
atomic number 2; He; helium
Hypernyms ("helium" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
argonon; inert gas; noble gas (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)
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