thallium
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English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tl | |
| Previous: mercury (Hg) | |
| Next: lead (Pb) | |
Etymology
Coined based on Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “green branch”) (after the color of the radiation spectra), + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
thallium (countable and uncountable, plural thalliums)
- 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.
- A single atom of this element.
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chemical element
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Danish
Alternative forms
Noun
thallium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tl | |
| Previous: kwik (Hg) | |
| Next: lood (Pb) | |
Pronunciation
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Noun
thallium n (uncountable)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
thallium m (uncountable)
Descendants
- → Turkish: talyum
Further reading
- “thallium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tl | |
| Previous: hydrargyrum (Hg) | |
| Next: plumbum (Pb) | |
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtʰal.li.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtal.li.um/,
Noun
thallium n (genitive thalliī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thallium | thallia |
| genitive | thalliī | thalliōrum |
| dative | thalliō | thalliīs |
| accusative | thallium | thallia |
| ablative | thalliō | thalliīs |
| vocative | thallium | thallia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
thallium n
- (uncountable) thallium
- A part of thallium