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thalliums

thalliums is the plural of thallium.

Meaning of thallium

Noun

thallium (countable and uncountable, plural thalliums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.
    • Environmental authorities in Lüeyang County, Shaanxi province, discovered excessive levels of thallium in two of the Jialing River’s upstream tributaries on Jan. 20, according to a statement Monday. The concentration of thallium that day was 170% higher than the standard for Qingni River, one of...2021 January 27, Li You, “Northwest China Reports Thallium Pollution in Yangtze Tributary”, in Bibek Bhandari, editor, Sixth Tone, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2021
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Questions about thalliums

What is thalliums the plural of?
Thalliums is the plural of thallium.

Words near thalliums in the dictionary

  1. thallines
  2. thallinocarp
  3. thallinocarps
  4. thallious
  5. thallium
  6. thalliums
  7. Thallo
  8. thallo-
  9. thalloan
  10. thalloconidia
  11. thalloconidial

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