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Antimony Very Common

Origin: Greek prefix anti-

Antimony has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

2

A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid.

Related Terms
antimonyltartrate blatterite holtite boulangerite shakhovite ardaite stibivanite parwelite stibiocolusite proteus pnictogen stibium mallestigite museumite theisite cylindrite antimonium colusite triantimony clinocervantite
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metallic element

Origin

The word comes from Medieval Latin antimonium, which was first recorded in the 11th century. It originally referred to a specific mineral compound containing the element.

Rhyming Words
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