atomic number 10

1. 1.

   a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

   SynonymsneonNe

   Broaderchemical elementnoble gas

Questions about atomic number 10

What does atomic number 10 mean?

atomic number 10 means "a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts".

What is another word for atomic number 10?

Close synonyms include neon, Ne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 10 a common word?

atomic number 10 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.