Definition of Noble gas

1. Noun. Any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table.


Definition of Noble gas

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Noble Gas

nobilifying
nobilissimus
nobilitate
nobilitated
nobilitating
nobilitation
nobilitations
nobilities
nobility
noble
noble-minded
noble-mindedness
noble cane
noble eightfold path
noble element
noble gas (current term)
noble gases
noble metal
noble metals
noble rot
nobleite
nobleman
noblemen
nobleness
noblenesses
nobler
nobles
nobless
noblesse
noblesse oblige

Literary usage of Noble gas

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

1. Conservation Laws by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"Any gas can be made to behave very much like noble gas open to standard pressure f / A ... The volume of the noble gas gives an indication of temperature. ..."

2. Gaseous Electronics Conference Radio-Frequency Reference Cell: Reprint From edited by James K. Olthoff (1996)
"Most experimental studies with the GEC cell have used noble gas plasmas (Ar, He), because they are simpler than reactive gases (C12, SF6). ..."

3. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Radon is considered a noble gas that occurs in several isotopie forms. ... Use Radon is a noble gas. Only two of its isotopie forms are found in significant ..."

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