XENON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xenon mean? 

• XENON (noun)
  The noun XENON has 1 sense:

1. a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts

  Familiarity information: XENON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XENON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 54; Xe; xenon

Hypernyms ("xenon" 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 ("xenon" is a substance of...):

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

 Context examples 

A sterilization process that involves the pulsing of a high-power xenon lamp.

(High Intensity Light or Pulse Light Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)