thallium

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English

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Chemical element
Tl
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Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, green branch) (after the color of the radiation spectra), +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thăl'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˈθæliəm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æliəm

Noun

thallium (countable and uncountable, plural thalliums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.
    • 2021 January 27, Li You, “Northwest China Reports Thallium Pollution in Yangtze Tributary”, in Bibek Bhandari, editor, Sixth Tone, archived from the original on 27 January 2021:
      Environmental authorities in Lüeyang County, Shaanxi province, discovered excessive levels of thallium in two of the Jialing River’s upstream tributaries on Jan. 20, according to a statement Monday. The concentration of thallium that day was 170% higher than the standard for Qingni River, one of the upstream tributaries bordering Gansu province.
  2. A single atom of this element.

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Noun

thallium

  1. thallium

Dutch

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Chemical element
Tl
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Pronunciation

Noun

thallium n (uncountable)

  1. thallium

French

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Pronunciation

Noun

thallium m (uncountable)

  1. thallium

Descendants

  • Turkish: talyum

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Latin

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Chemical element
Tl
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Next: plumbum (Pb)

Pronunciation

Noun

thallium n (genitive thalliī); second declension

  1. thallium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative thallium thallia
Genitive thalliī thalliōrum
Dative thalliō thalliīs
Accusative thallium thallia
Ablative thalliō thalliīs
Vocative thallium thallia

Limburgish

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Noun

thallium n

  1. (uncountable) thallium
  2. A part of thallium