krypton : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: krypton	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for krypton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
krypton n a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air Synonym(s): krypton, Kr, atomic number 36
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Krypton \Kryp"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], neut. of [?] hidden.] (Chem.) An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Liquefying point, -- 152[f8] C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.0.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KRYPTON A {frame} language. ["An Essential Hybrid Reasoning System: Knowledge and Symbol Level Accounts of KRYPTON", R.J. Brachman et al, Proc IJCAI-85, 1985].
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
krypton Symbol: Kr Atomic number: 36 Atomic weight: 83.80 Colorless gaseous element, belongs to the noble gases. Occurs in the air, 0.0001% by volume. It can be extracted from liquid air by fractional distillation. Generally not isolated, but used with other inert gases in fluorescent lamps. Five natural isotopes, and five radioactive isotopes. Kr-85, the most stable radioactive isotope, has a half-life of 10.76 years and is produced in fission reactors. Practically inert, though known to form compounds with {fluorine}.