antimony
A chemical element (symbol Sb, from ) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
Other meanings
The alloy stibnite.
A kind of
- metallic element
Related words
- antimonene
- antimoniferous
- antimonoan
- diantimony
- organoantimony
- radioantimony
- tellurantimony
- tetrantimony
- triantimony
- antimony yellow
- germanium antimony telluride
- antimonate
Word history
From Medieval Latin "antimonium".
Where this comes from
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