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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English xenon From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + -on, used for all noble gases.
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