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xenon
noun
The colorless noble gas with the chemical symbol Xe, used in some lamps and flash tubes.
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A Portrait in the Wrong Window · paragraph 2The colorless noble gas with the chemical symbol Xe, used in some lamps and flash tubes.
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The exhibit included a flash tube filled with xenon.
A chart beside the tube gave the symbol Xe for xenon.
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