Definitions for heliums

heliums he·li·um

Spelling: [hee-lee-uh m]
IPA: /ˈhi li əm/

Heliums is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in heliums (ehilmsu).

Definitions for heliums

noun

  1. an inert, gaseous element present in the sun's atmosphere and in natural gas, and also occurring as a radioactive decomposition product, used as a substitute for flammable gases in dirigible balloons. Symbol: He; atomic weight: 4.0026; atomic number: 2; density: 0.1785 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
  2. colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
  3. liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.

Origin of heliums

1875-80; New Latin Greek hḗli(os) the sun + New Latin -ium -ium

Examples for heliums

There was only one thing to do, there being only one other gas comparable in lightness to helium.

And once, Olivia says, “we got balloons full of helium with messages to him and we let them go at night.”

They hadn't realized that the helium production had gone wild.

The helium line of the latter had never been noticed to be double.

She added in the high-pitched, over-enunciated voice, like she was alternating between sucking on helium and a bong.

The brain is a physical thing—a bunch of cryotrons in a helium bath.

As for Hydorn, she says that if she herself hits that low spot, she may one day use the helium hood, too.

It was easier to cool the helium bath of the brain if it only had to be lowered 175 degrees or so.

He thought he could send Man to the stars on a string of helium nuclei.

After he inhaled sulfur hexafluoride, a compound that acts like helium, his voice got very deep.

Word Value for heliums
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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