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beryllium

  • noun
  • be·ryl·li·um
  • bərĭl'ēəm

The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.

Other meanings

  1. An atom of this element.

A kind of

  • metallic element

Related words

  • berylliferous
  • berylliumlike
  • diberyllium
  • radioberyllium
  • tetraberyllium
  • beryllium acetate
  • beryllium acetylacetonate
  • beryllium aluminate
  • beryllium aluminium oxide
  • beryllium boride
  • beryllium borohydride
  • beryllium bromide

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This definition is adapted from “beryllium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.