Gallium Definition

gălē-əm
noun
A bluish-white, metallic chemical element, often a supercooled liquid at room temperature, used in semiconductors, LED's, lasers, etc., and as a substitute for mercury in high-temperature thermometers: symbol, Ga; at. no. 31
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 31
  • ga

Origin of Gallium

  • Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin gallus cock punning translation of surname of Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838–1912), French chemist and element's discoverer French le the French coq rooster

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gallium Sentence Examples

  • The elements gallium and indium were discovered in blende.

  • Richter in 1863, and of gallium, detected in certain zinc blendes by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875.

  • Other elements predicted and characterized by Mendeleeff which have been since realized are gallium, discovered in 1875, and germanium, discovered in 1885 by Clemens Winkler.

  • Rubidium, caesium, thallium, indium and gallium were first discovered by means of this instrument; the study of the rare earths is greatly facilitated, and the composition of the heavenly bodies alone determinable by it.

  • These three he called ekaboron, ekaaluminium, and ekasilicon; and his prophecy was completely vindicated within fifteen years by the discovery of gallium in 1871, scandium in 1879, and germanium in 1886.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAL

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MUMIUM

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