atomic number 53

1. 1.

   a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)

   SynonymsiodineiodinI

   Broaderchemical elementhalogen

   Narroweriodine-131iodine-125

Questions about atomic number 53

What does atomic number 53 mean?

atomic number 53 means "a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)".

What is another word for atomic number 53?

Close synonyms include iodine, iodin, I. 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 53 a common word?

atomic number 53 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.