selenium

selenium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

Examples of selenium in a sentence

• The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
• No selenium, no photo-cell banks. No photobanks – well, death by slow broiling is one of the more unpleasant ways of being done in.
• Selenocarbonyl compounds are the selenium analogs of carbonyl compounds having a carbon-selenium double bond.

All 11 example sentences with selenium

Forms of selenium

Origin of selenium

From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.

Words formed from selenium

• diselenium
• hydroselenic acid
• metallic selenium
• nonselenium
• organoselenium
• radioselenium
• selane
• selen-
• selenate
• seleniate
• selenic acid
• selenide
• seleniferous
• selenio-
• seleno-
• selenious
• selenious acid
• selenite
• selenium cell
• selenium dioxide
• selenium eye
• selenium hexafluoride
• selenium hydride
• selenium oxide
• selenium sulfide
• selenium sulphide
• selenium yeast
• seleniuret
• seleniuretted
• selenol
• selenous
• selenyl
• selone

Phrases with selenium

• selenium eyes
• selenium yeasts

Words that rhyme with selenium

• nitrenium
• rhenium
• asplenium
• athenium
• ferrocenium
• splenium

Questions about selenium

What does selenium mean?

Selenium means a nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

What is selenium in Hindi?

Selenium in Hindi is मेचाग्नि (mecāgni). See Selenium meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is selenium?

Selenium is a noun.

How do you pronounce selenium?

Selenium is pronounced /sɪˈliːni.əm/ (UK).

What is the plural of selenium?

The plural of selenium is seleniums.