ATOMIC NUMBER 10

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 10 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 10 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 10 has 1 sense:

1. a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 10 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 10 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 10; Ne; neon

Hypernyms ("atomic number 10" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

argonon; inert gas; noble gas (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)

Holonyms ("atomic number 10" is a substance of...):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)