Definitions for xenon

xenon xe·non

Spelling: [zee-non, zen-on]
IPA: /ˈzi nɒn, ˈzɛn ɒn/

Xenon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in xenon (ennox).

Definitions for xenon

noun

  1. a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.

Origin of xenon

1898; Greek xénon, neuter of xénos strange (see -on2); name introduced by William Ramsay, the element's discoverer

Examples for xenon

They measured the amount of different isotopes of xenon trapped in quartz crystals.

The evidence for the existence of krypton and xenon is, however, inconclusive.

Aristarchus combated “the paradox of xenon,” and it does not seem to have had much acceptance in antiquity.

The animals on xenon are immune from them, but when they land on a man, they send out tiny rootlets that are like minute hairs.

That report was enough to make a man quit his job and go to xenon to start a chicken ranch or grow oranges.

The remaining elements of this group—neon, krypton, and xenon—have been obtained from liquid air.

Word Value for xenon
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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