xenon
The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.
A kind of
- noble gas
Related words
- perxenate
- xenon arc lamp
- xenon chloride
- xenon difluoride
- xenon flash lamp
- xenon fluoride
- xenon hexafluoride
- xenon hexafluoroplatinate
- xenon lamp
- xenon light
- xenon tetrafluoride
- xenon tetroxide
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ξένος" (foreign, strange).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “xenon” 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.