Definitions for cesium

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cesium ce·si·um

Spelling: [see-zee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈsi zi əm/

Cesium is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in cesium (ceimsu).

Definitions for cesium

noun

1. a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.

Origin of cesium

1930-35; New Latin, special use of Latin caesium, neuter of caesius bluish-grey; see -ium

Examples for cesium

Even at the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986, he pointed out, cesium and iodine were the problem.