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indium

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun indium has 1 sense

indium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 49, in - a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

indium, n. [NL. See Indigo.].

A rare metallic element, of atomic number 49, 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 (valence +3). Symbol In. Atomic weight, 114.82. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

indium, n. Chem. a soft silvery-white metallic element occurring naturally in zinc blende etc., used for electroplating and in semiconductors.

Usage

Symb.: In.

Etymology

L indicum indigo with ref. to its characteristic spectral lines

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