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beryllium

noun
/bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/

Etymology

From beryl + -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.

  1. derived from 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅
  2. derived from veḷuriya
  3. derived from βήρυλλος
  4. derived from bērillus
  5. derived from beril
  6. inherited from beryl
  7. suffixed as beryllium — “beryl + -ium”

Definitions

  1. The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4

    The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.

  2. An atom of this element.

The neighborhood

Derived

berylliferous, beryllium-9, beryllium acetate, beryllium acetylacetonate, beryllium aluminate, beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium boride, beryllium borohydride, beryllium bromide, beryllium carbide, beryllium chloride, beryllium copper, beryllium fluoride, beryllium formate, beryllium hydroxide, beryllium iodide, berylliumlike, beryllium nitrate, beryllium nitride, beryllium oxide, beryllium sodalite, beryllium sulfate, beryllium sulfide, beryllium sulfite, beryllium sulphate, beryllium sulphide, beryllium sulphite, chronic beryllium disease, diberyllium, radioberyllium, tetraberyllium

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beryllium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA