antimony(n = noun.substance) atomic number 51, sb - a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite;
is a kind of metal, metallic element
Derived forms adjective antimonial1, adjective antimonic1, adjective antimonious1
An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. [1913 Webster]
" It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as
antimony, n. Chem. a brittle silvery-white metallic element used esp. in alloys.
Usage:
Symb.: Sb.
Derivative:
antimonial adj. antimonic adj. antimonious adj.
Etymology:
ME f. med.L antimonium (11th c.), of unkn. orig.
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