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Meaning of "cobalt" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COBALT

German Kobalt, from Middle High German kobolt goblin; from the miners' belief that malicious goblins placed it in the silver ore.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COBALT

cobalt  [ˈkəʊbɔːlt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COBALT

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Cobalt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COBALT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt in the Earth's crust is found only in chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal. Cobalt-based blue pigments have been used since ancient times for jewelry and paints, and to impart a distinctive blue tint to glass, but the color was later thought by alchemists to be due to the known metal bismuth. Miners had long used the name kobold ore for some of the blue-pigment producing minerals; they were so named because they were poor in known metals, and gave poisonous arsenic-containing fumes upon smelting. In 1735, such ores were found to be reducible to a new metal, and this was ultimately named for the kobold. Today, some cobalt is produced specifically from various metallic-lustered ores, for example cobaltite, but the main source of the element is as a by-product of copper and nickel mining. The copper belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia yields most of the cobalt mined worldwide.

Definition of cobalt in the English dictionary

The definition of cobalt in the dictionary is a brittle hard silvery-white element that is a ferromagnetic metal: occurs principally in cobaltite and smaltite and is widely used in alloys. The radioisotope cobalt-60, with a half-life of 5.3 years, is used in radiotherapy and as a tracer. Symbol: Co; atomic no: 27; atomic wt: 58.93320; valency: 2 or 3; relative density: 8.9; melting pt: 1495°C; boiling pt: 2928°C.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COBALT


alt-rock
ɔːlt
assault
əˈsɔːlt
Balt
bɔːlt
basalt
ˈbæsɔːlt
dalt
dɔːlt
dault
dɔːlt
default
dɪˈfɔːlt
exalt
ɪɡˈzɔːlt
fault
fɔːlt
Galt
ɡɔːlt
gault
ɡɔːlt
halt
hɔːlt
malt
mɔːlt
pole-vault
ˈpəʊlˌvɔːlt
salt
sɔːlt
smalt
smɔːlt
somersault
ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt
spalt
spɔːlt
vault
vɔːlt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COBALT

cob
cob loaf
cob money
cobaea
cobalamin
cobalt bloom
cobalt blue
cobalt bomb
cobaltic
cobaltiferous
cobaltine
cobaltite
cobaltous
cobb
cobbed
cobber
Cobbett
cobbing
cobble
cobbled

WORDS THAT END LIKE COBALT

acid salt
alt
Anhalt
asphalt
call a halt
dealt
garlic salt
Gestalt
in alt
kosher salt
misdealt
pepper-and-salt
rock salt
sea salt
shalt
single malt
table salt
to come to a screeching halt
with a grain of salt
with a pinch of salt

Synonyms and antonyms of cobalt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cobalt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COBALT

Find out the translation of cobalt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cobalt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cobalt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cobalto
570 millions of speakers

English

cobalt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोबाल्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكوبالت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кобальт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cobalto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিকেলজাতীয় ধাতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cobalt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kobalt
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kobalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コバルト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코발트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kobalt
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

coban
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோபால்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोबाल्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kobalt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cobalto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kobalt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кобальт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cobalt
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κοβαλτίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kobalt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kobolt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kobolt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cobalt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COBALT»

The term «cobalt» is very widely used and occupies the 15.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COBALT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cobalt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COBALT»

Discover the use of cobalt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cobalt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cobalt
Introduces the element of cobalt, discussing its physical and chemical properties, where it is found, and what processes or objects it is used in.
Susan Watt, 2006
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Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys
This book is a comprehensive guide to the compositions, properties, processing, performance, and applications of nickel, cobalt, and their alloys.
Joseph R. Davis, 2000
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Cobalt
Explains the characteristics of cobalt, where it is found, how it is used by humans, and its relationship to other elements found in the periodic table.
Paula Johanson, 2008
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Cobalt-base Alloys for Biomedical Applications
Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
John A. Disegi, Richard L. Kennedy, Robert Pilliar, 1999
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Extractive Metallurgy of Nickel, Cobalt and Platinum Group ...
This book describes and explains the methods by which three related ores and recyclables are made into high purity metals and chemicals, for materials processing.
Frank Crundwell, Michael Moats, Venkoba Ramachandran, 2011
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Cobalt
Jesse names this colt Cobalt, and helps and watches him grow up. Cobalt has a talent and the heart for running, in which this leads him to great victories in races.
Kayla Richards, 2005
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Cobalt Oxides: From Crystal Chemistry to Physics
Providing a thorough introduction to cobalt oxides from a chemical and physical viewpoint as a basis for understanding their intricacies, this is a must-have for both experienced researchers as well as entrants to the field.
Bernard Raveau, Motin Seikh, 2012
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Cobalt
About the Author Shelley Grace is a secondary school teacher in New South Wales, Australia. An avid reader of crime and mystery novels, she loves the works of Clive Cussler, Janet Evanovich, Tess Gerritsen, and Dan Brown, among others.
Shelley Grace, 2013
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Cobalt and Inorganic Cobalt Compounds
(1981) exposed the earthworm Eisenia foetida in a silt loam covered with activated sludge spiked at different cobalt concentrations and observed a significant effect on growth after 8 weeks of exposure at 300 mg/kg but not at 30 mg/kg.
James H. Kim, Herman J. Gibb, Paul D. Howe, 2006
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Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, ...
COBALT The mammalian tissues have no requirement for cobalt (Co) per se but require vitamin Bp which is synthesized by ruminal microorganisms that require cobalt. Only 3-13 percent of available cobalt is incorporated into vitamin Bp ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COBALT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cobalt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Racing executive to answer misconduct allegations in cobalt affair
A senior racing executive will continue in his role with the Australian Turf Club amid allegations of misconduct in the Midsummer Sun cobalt ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Air Jordan 11 IE Low "Cobalt" - Release Date
The Air Jordan 11 IE Low will hit stores this August 1st in the original “Cobalt” colorway. These off-shoot versions of the Air Jordan 11 first ... «Sneaker News, Jul 15»
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UGANDA : Copper & cobalt: major industrial hub on the cards in the …
Moses Mugabi, process manager at Kasese Cobalt Company Ltd (KCCL), told Africa Mining Intelligence that the amount of ore the company ... «Africa Intelligence, Jul 15»
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Trainer Peter Moody to learn cobalt fate after returning from Europe …
PETER Moody will set foot back on Australian soil on Wednesday after a flight from Europe and within days learn whether he faces cobalt ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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BlackBerry Classic limited edition in cobalt blue unveiled
The limited edition device is now available in cobalt blue color. Other than the color, it is the same BlackBerry Classic smartphone that we are ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
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Cobalt International Energy Receives $14.81 Average Target Price …
Cobalt International Energy logo Cobalt International Energy (NYSE:CIE) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven ... «WKRB News, Jul 15»
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QUEENSLAND'S cobalt scandal has deepened with three new ... per litre of urine cobalt threshold for both codes had been introduced. «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
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Australia: Kavanagh facing more charges in cobalt case
Australia: The fall out from the Midsummer Sun cobalt case continued on Thursday with stewards issuing a further 52 charges against six ... «Racing Post, Jul 15»
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BlackBerry Classic now comes in Cobalt Blue
Just in time for the U.S. Independence Day holiday, BlackBerry has complemented its red and white smartphones with a new BlackBerry ... «ITBusiness.ca, Jul 15»
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Nike KD 8 "Hyper Cobalt"
After revealing the Nike KD 8 “Hunt's Hill Sunrise” earlier today, another new Nike KD 8 emerges today. This mixture of Hyper Cobalt and Volt ... «Sneaker News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cobalt [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cobalt>. Apr 2024 ».
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