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chalcogens

chalcogens is the plural of chalcogen.

Meaning of chalcogen

Noun

chalcogen (plural chalcogens)

  1. Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.

Questions about chalcogens

What is chalcogens the plural of?
Chalcogens is the plural of chalcogen.

Words near chalcogens in the dictionary

  1. chalcogenides
  2. chalcogenol
  3. chalcogenols
  4. chalcogenophosphate
  5. chalcogenophosphates
  6. chalcogens
  7. chalcograph
  8. chalcographer
  9. chalcographers
  10. chalcographic
  11. chalcographical

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