Definitions for xenons

xenons xe·non

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

Xenons is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in xenons (ennosx).

Definitions for xenons

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 xenons

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

Examples for xenons

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

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.

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.

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

Word Value for xenons
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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