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BISMUTH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
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Hypernyms ("bismuth" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Derivation:
bismuthal (of or relating to bismuth)
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