thallium

What does thallium mean?

thallium means "a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores".

How many syllables are in thallium?

thallium has 3 syllables: thal-li-um. The stress falls on "thal". In IPA it is /ˈθæliəm/.

What is another word for thallium?

Close synonyms include Tl, atomic number 81. 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 thallium a common word?

thallium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for thallium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.