Definition of Caesium

1. Noun. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal.

Exact synonyms: Atomic Number 55, Cesium, Cs
Generic synonyms: Metal, Metallic Element
Specialized synonyms: Cesium 137
Substance meronyms: Pollucite

Definition of Caesium

1. Noun. A metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Cs) with an atomic number of 55. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caesium

1. cesium [n -S] - See also: cesium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesium

caerulein
caerulin
caeruloplasmin
caesalpin
caesarean
caesarean delivery
caesarean section
caesareans
caesarians
caesarisms
caesars
caese
caesian
caesious
caesium (current term)
caesium-137
caesium chloride
caesium clock
caesiums
caespitose
caesti
caestus
caestuses
caesura
caesurae
caesural
caesuras
caesuric
cafard

Literary usage of Caesium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"(V caesium fluoride, CsF. +1}^H20. 100 g. H2O dissolve 366.5 at 15°. ... Decomp. by H2O with evolution < caesium hydroxide, CsOH. ..."

2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"The amount of the oxides of caesium and rubidium in lepidolite does not generally ... In a very few cases caesium is not accompanied by rubidium : thus, ..."

3. Index to the Literature of the Spectroscope by Alfred Tuckerman (1888)
"On the equivalent and spectrum of caesium. Allen (OD) and Johnson (SW). Phil. ... Recherches sur la présence du caesium dans les eaux naturelles. ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1901)
"This salt was obtained in the form of beautiful, transparent needles by adding 2 or 3 grms. of caesium fluoride to a solution of about 30 grms. of ..."

5. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Victor von Richter, Edgar Fahs Smith (1885)
"RUBIDIUM AND caesium. Rl, = 8s.2. Cs =132.7. Rubidium and caesium are the perfect analogues of potassium (p. 274). They were discovered by means of the ..."

6. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis. (Chiefly Inorganic). by William Crookes (1871)
"The caesium reaction in these successive crops diminishes until, in the fourth, it disappears, leaving the rubidium spectrum in entire purity. ..."

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