atomic number 22

1. 1.

   a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

   SynonymstitaniumTi

   Broadermetallic element

   airplane

Questions about atomic number 22

What does atomic number 22 mean?

atomic number 22 means "a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite".

What is another word for atomic number 22?

Close synonyms include titanium, Ti. 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 22 a common word?

atomic number 22 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.