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Meaning of "heavy element" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY ELEMENT

heavy element  [ˈhevɪ ˈelɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVY ELEMENT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heavy element 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 HEAVY ELEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heavy element

Heavy metal (chemistry)

A heavy metal is any metal or metalloid of environmental concern. The term originated with reference to the harmful effects of cadmium, mercury and lead, all of which are denser than iron. It has since been applied to any other similarly toxic metal, or metalloid such as arsenic, regardless of density. Commonly encountered heavy metals are chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, silver, cadmium, antimony, mercury, thallium and lead. More specific definitions of a heavy metal have been proposed; none have obtained widespread acceptance.

Definition of heavy element in the English dictionary

The definition of heavy element in the dictionary is any element heavier than helium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEAVY ELEMENT


aliment
ˈælɪmənt
complement
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
compliment
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
embodiment
ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enjoyment
ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
habiliment
həˈbɪlɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
microelement
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɛlɪmənt
multielement
ˌmʌltɪˈɛlɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
radioelement
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɛlɪmənt
sentiment
ˈsɛntɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
thermoelement
ˌθɜːməʊˈɛlɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt
unruliment
ʌnˈruːlɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY ELEMENT

heavy breather
heavy breathing
heavy chain
heavy cream
heavy crude
heavy crude oil
heavy cruiser
heavy earth
heavy going
heavy goods vehicle
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy industry
heavy metal
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY ELEMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
enforcement
engagement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement

Synonyms and antonyms of heavy element in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heavy element» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVY ELEMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

重元素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elemento pesado
570 millions of speakers

English

heavy element
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी तत्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العناصر الثقيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжелый элемент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elemento pesado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভারী উপাদান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élément lourd
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elemen berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwere Element
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重元素
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무거운 요소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unsur abot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên tố nặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனமான உறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जड घटक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağır element
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elemento pesante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciężkich elementów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важкий елемент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

element greu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαρύ στοιχείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar element
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tungt element
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tungt innslag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heavy element

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY ELEMENT»

The term «heavy element» is normally little used and occupies the 121.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY ELEMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVY ELEMENT»

Discover the use of heavy element in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heavy element and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Relativistic Effects in Heavy-Element Chemistry and Physics
Topics covered include: A broad range from quantum electrodynamics to the phenomenology of the compounds of heavy and superheavy elements A state-of-the-art survey of the most important theoretical developments and applications in the field ...
Bernd A. Hess, 2003
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Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis in Shocked Carbon-oxygen ...
He Ning. elements between O and Ge ( [5, 100, 101]). As Fe core-collapse SNe from progenitors of > 11M0 are the major source for the latter group of elements at low metallic- ities, this strongly suggests that such supernovae are not the ...
He Ning, 2007
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Neutron Standards and Applications: Proceedings of the ...
The number of fissions, F, based on the heavy element mass technique is derived from the relationship, F = U° - (U+Ucp) where U° is the accurately determined number of heavy element atoms being irradiated, U is the number of atoms of the ...
Charles D. Bowman, United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1977
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Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 11A: As Presented at the ...
Spite & Spite (1978) investigated the trend of heavy element abundances with metallicity, from a small sample of halo stars. They found that at [Fe/H]~ -1.5 the halo [heavy element/Fe] ratio is approximately solar; but at lower [Fe/H] there is a  ...
Johannes Andersen, 1999
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The Bibliography of Integral Charged Particle Nuclear Data
Bal a(CI 9135 KFK Co« i в ph-oat is г D79 ♢ 1 »1 Muanral* TBL. FROM EXFOR. Caa p В PH-OAT 15 1 079 »1 »1 Muania 1 ♢ TBL. FROM EXFOR. 9136 BUC Ra. • J APH г 133 77 2.0*1 4.2*1 Poanaru. CURV. HEAVY ELEMENT TARGETS Ra.
T. W. Burrows, P. Dempsey, 1980
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Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics:
In addition to the strong hydrogen lines, very weak lines of heavy element ions are seen. Stars with 0.3 < B - V *s 0.58 are called F stars. Their hydrogen lines are weaker than those for the A stars. Many lines of heavy element ions are seen  ...
Erika Böhm-Vitense, 1992
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Helioseismology, Asteroseismology, and MHD Connections
Investigations soon followed into the compatibility of solar models, having different heavy-element abundances, with the observed p-mode frequencies. An important aim was to see whether models having low initial heavy-element ...
Laurent Gizon, Paul S. Cally, John Leibacher, 2008
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Computational Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
The quantum chemistry for heavy element compounds that does not include relativity is not meaningful. In this article, we discuss one approach that is modeled to account for all the complex features of the electronic structure of heavy element ...
Edward I. Solomon, Robert A. Scott, R. Bruce King, 2013
9
QSO Absorption Lines: Probing the Universe : Proceedings of ...
Knowledge of the density and ionizing flux also allows estimates of the heavy- element ionization levels, and hence, from the absence (usually) of heavy- element lines, upper limits to their abundances. Generally, GUI is likely have the highest ...
J. Chris Blades, David Alvin Turnshek, Colin A. Norman, 1988
10
Instrumental Multi-Element Chemical Analysis
S. Yamamoto, Y. Aoki, H. Takeshita and H. Naramoto, Light and heavy element profiling using heavy ion beams, pp. 251-255 (1996), with kind permission from Elsevier Science-NL, Sara Burgerhartstraat 25, 1055 KV Amsterdam, The ...
Zeev B. Alfassi, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVY ELEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heavy element is used in the context of the following news items.
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Operatic Boy Band Vox wows judges on America's Got Talent 2015
“You have such a heavy element of surprise. I wasn't expecting that you will do opera. When the four of you come together.. wow! you have a ... «Zeibiz, Jul 15»
2
'Teen Beach 2' Star Jordan Fisher Wants to Collab With Who?
There's such a heavy element of pop and such a heavy element of soul for men in the '80s, but that wasn't really a genre that existed until a few ... «Cambio, Jun 15»
3
St.Vincent Pairs Up with The Chemical Brothers For the Psyched …
there's a heavy element of psychedelia to the entire production. Filled with oscillating riffs and St. Vincent's wooze-inducing voice, it's also ... «Papermag, Jun 15»
4
Australia: Kinder, Gentler Counterterrorism?
There have been the arrests, on Anzac Day this year and the raids last year with their heavy element of security theater. There has been talk of ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
5
E3 2015: Mirror's Edge: Cataylst Coming February 23, 2016
Parkour is a heavy element of the game where the player controls Faith to jump over rooftops and across walls. Sara Jansson, Senior Producer ... «GameSided, Jun 15»
6
Your 2016/2017 Montreal Canadiens by Brian Bannan
He had an effective playoff run this year and brings a heavy element that Montreal lacks. Can he score 20? perhaps with right centre in the right ... «Hockeybuzz.com, Jun 15»
7
Vengeance is a maze with no escape in Deadly Class #13
It's dynamic and showy, with a heavy element of spectacle that makes Maria look like an incredibly tough badass. But Remender makes a very ... «A.V. Club DC, May 15»
8
The 10 best unsung female scientists
... to restart her research, but she continued corresponding with Hahn. In 1997 the heavy element meitnerium was named in her honour. «The Guardian, May 15»
9
Water Came To Earth Aboard A Comet - Study
"Oxygen, which is a relatively heavy element, will sink deep down over time, and hence a while after the disruption event is over, it will no ... «Design & Trend, May 15»
10
Our Galaxy Could be Mixing With Andromeda's Supersized Halo
... run out of fuel and explode — within the galactic disk and powerful stellar winds blew the heavy element-laced gases into intergalactic space, ... «Discovery News, May 15»

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