chalcogen

noun
/ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/US

Etymology

From chalco- (“ore”) + -gen (“forming”).

Definitions

  1. Any element of group 16 of the periodic table

    Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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