Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemical symbol

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: chem-i-cal sym-bol
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The 1- to 3-letter international code for a chemical element. It is the same in all languages. Thus, gold always has the chemical symbol "Au", regardless of what people call it in their language.

noun

a similar symbol used to denote a different chemical entity, such as an isotope (e.g. D = deuterium, though "²H" is more correct), a radical (e.g. Ph [or Φ] = phenyl), an unknown (e.g. M = a metal, or X = a halogen), etc.

Inflected Forms

chemical symbols (plural)

Questions

What does chemical symbol mean?: The 1- to 3-letter international code for a chemical element. It is the same in all languages. Thus, gold always has the chemical symbol "Au", regardless of what people call it in their language.

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