|
|
1. (n.) indium
a rare metallic element that is soft, white, malleable, and easily fusible, is found combined in various ore minerals, esp. sphalerite, and has two indigo-blue lines in its spectrum.
Etymology: (< G (1863) < L ind(icum)indigo+ NL -ium -ium2)
|
| Definition of 'Indium' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) indium, In, atomic number 49
a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
|
| Definition of 'Indium' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) Indium
a rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4
|
| Definitions of 'Indium' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
|
1. Indium
a metallic elementary body of rare occurrence, and first discovered in zinc-blende in 1863.
|
| Definition of 'Indium' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
|
1. Indium
A metallic element, atomic number 49, atomic weight 114.82, symbol In. It is named from its blue line in the spectrum. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'Indium' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|