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Lead, explained Lead — atomic number 82 on the periodic table — is soft, plentiful, and easy to mine and manipulate, which is why humans have been harnessing it for various purposes for thousands of years.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The name was chosen from the symbol for carbon on the periodic table of elements, carbon being the basis of diamonds – the symbol of a 75th anniversary – and a little play on words see and sea.
—Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Yes, gold is for jewelry, but beyond that, why is gold not just another element in the periodic table that is consigned to boring chemistry?
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
At the high-mass end of the spectrum, somewhere between 65 to 90 times that is as massive as Jupiter, some brown dwarfs are capable of fusing lithium, the third element on the periodic table.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Periodic table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodic%20table. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
periodic table
noun
: an arrangement of chemical elements in order of atomic number that groups elements with common characteristics in the same area of the table
Medical Definition
periodic table
noun
: an arrangement of chemical elements based on the periodic law
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