atomic number 51

1. 1.

   a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

   SynonymsantimonySb

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 51

What does atomic number 51 mean?

atomic number 51 means "a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite".

What is another word for atomic number 51?

Close synonyms include antimony, Sb. 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 51 a common word?

atomic number 51 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.