Meaning of "cerous" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CEROUS

From cerium + -ous.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CEROUS

cerous  [ˈsɪərəs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CEROUS

Cerous is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cerium

Cerium is a chemical element with symbol Ce and atomic number 58. It is a soft, silvery, ductile metal which easily oxidizes in air. Cerium was named after the dwarf planet Ceres. Cerium is the most abundant of the rare earth elements, making up about 0.0046% of the Earth's crust by weight. It is found in a number of minerals, the most important being monazite and bastnäsite. Commercial applications of cerium are numerous. They include catalysts, additives to fuel to reduce emissions and to glass and enamels to change their color. Cerium oxide is an important component of glass polishing powders and phosphors used in screens and fluorescent lamps. It is also used in the "flint" of lighters.

Definition of cerous in the English dictionary

The definition of cerous in the dictionary is of or containing cerium in the trivalent state.

TRANSLATION OF CEROUS

Find out the translation of cerous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cerous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cerous» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 铈
• Translator English - Spanish: ceroso
• English: cerous
• Translator English - Hindi: cerous
• Translator English - Arabic: cerous
• Translator English - Russian: церия
• Translator English - Portuguese: cério
• Translator English - Bengali: cerous
• Translator English - French: céreux
• Translator English - Malay: Cerous
• Translator English - German: Cer
• Translator English - Japanese: 第一セリウム
• Translator English - Korean: 세륨
• Translator English - Javanese: Cerut
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cerous
• Translator English - Tamil: cerous
• Translator English - Marathi: गंभीर
• Translator English - Turkish: seryum
• Translator English - Italian: cerous
• Translator English - Polish: cerous
• Translator English - Ukrainian: церію
• Translator English - Romanian: cerous
• Translator English - Greek: δημητρίου
• Translator English - Afrikaans: cerous
• Translator English - Swedish: cerium
• Translator English - Norwegian: cerous

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CEROUS»

Discover the use of cerous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cerous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

International critical tables of numerical data, physics, ...

... specific heat, 6 : 105 Cerous acetate, solubility in water, 4 : 227 Cerous bromide Magnetic susceptibility, 6 : 359 Aqueous solution, 6 : 364 Cerous butyrate, solubility in water, 4 : 227 Cerous carbonate Magnetic susceptibility, 6 : 359 Cerous ...

Edward Wight Washburn, Callie Hull, 1933

Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, Second Edition

... sulfate Cerium(III) sulfate octahydrate Cerium(III) sulfide Cerium(III) telluride Cerium(III) tungstate Cerium(IV) fluoride Cerium(IV) hydroxide Cerium(IV) titanate Cerium(IV) vanadate Cerium(IV) zirconate Cerous acetate hemitrihydrate Cerous  ...

Dale L. Perry, 2011

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

See also Ceric entries; Cerous entries production, 5:673–674 uses of, 5:681–690 U.S. exports by country, 5:679t U.S. imports by country, 5:680t Cerium(III) compounds, 5:675–677 Cerium(IV) compounds, 5:674–675 Cerium dioxide, 5: 675 ...

Substance name section (part 1)...v.2. Substance name ...

V3Ce.3H2O Cerolein [1406-90-2] A387-5887 Ceroticacid [506-46-7] A387-5996 C26H52O2 Cerous acetate [537-00-8] A387-6082 СгШОг^/зСе Cerous ammonium nitrate [13083-04-0] A387-6199 Ce.2H3N.4H20.5HN03 Cerous ammonium ...

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Toxic Substances, 1977

Spanish Chemical and Pharmaceutical Glossary: ...

... cerótico cerous ceroso cerous bromide bromuro ceroso cerous carbonate carbonato ceroso cerous chloride cloruro ceroso cerous fluoride fluoruro ceroso cerous hydroxide hidróxido ceroso cerous iodide yoduro ceroso cerous nitrate nitrato ...

Hilda Zayas, 2011

Catalog of National Bureau of Standards publications, 1966-1976

Cerous magnesium nitrate; Dipole-dipole interaction; Fer- romagnetism; Ground state; Magnetic; Permutation group; Quantum mechanics; Antiferromagnetism; 1491 1. SP305-7. Cerous magnesium nitrate; Dipole-dipole coupling; Ferromag-  ...

United States. National Bureau of Standards. Technical Information and Publications Division, Betty L. Burris, Rebecca J. Morehouse, 1978

Elements of Chemisty: Including the Applications of the ...

ammonia added to the liquid, which throws down a mixture of cerous and ceric oxides. The oxides of cerium are reduced with difficulty, but by decomposing the cerous chloride by potassium, the metal was obtained by Mosander as a ...

Thomas Graham, 1840

Elements of Chemistry; including the applications of the ...

ammonia added to the liquid, which throws down a mixture of cerous and ceric oxides. The oxides of cerium are reduced with difliculty, but by decomposing the cerous chloride by potassium, the metal was obtained by Mosander as a ...

Thomas GRAHAM (Master of the Mint.), 1842

Fluorine Chemistry

Batchelder and Meloche (B26) first used an indirect procedure for this type of reaction; excess standard cerous nitrate was added to the neutral solution of fluoride, the precipitate of cerous fluoride was coagulated by addition of zinc oxide and ...

J.H. Simons, 2012

Spanish Chemical & Pharmaceutical Glossary

... cerótico cerous ceroso cerous bromide bromuro ceroso cerous carbonate carbonato ceroso cerous chloride cloruro ceroso cerous fluoride fluoruro ceroso cerous hydroxide hidróxido ceroso cerous iodide yoduro ceroso cerous nitrate nitrato ...

Hilda M. Zayas, 2005