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selenium

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8
Pronunciation
/sɪˈliːni.əm/ (UK)
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/sɪˈliːni.əm/ (UK) · /səˈliːni.əm/ (UK)

Definition of selenium

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
    “Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
    “Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)A single atom of this element.

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Etymology

From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.

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