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caesium

  • noun
  • sē'zēəm

The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.

A kind of

  • metallic element

Related words

  • caesian
  • caeside
  • dicaesium
  • radiocaesium
  • tetracaesium
  • eka-caesium

Word history

From Latin "caesius" (sky-blue).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “caesium” 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.