atomic number 31

1. 1.

   a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

   SynonymsgalliumGa

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 31

What does atomic number 31 mean?

atomic number 31 means "a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores".

What is another word for atomic number 31?

Close synonyms include gallium, Ga. 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 31 a common word?

atomic number 31 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.