Gallium
//ˈɡæliəm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal. uncountable
- 2 a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores wordnet
Example
More examples"Gallium is a chemical element with the symbol Ga and atomic number 31."
Etymology
Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
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