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arsenic

DEFINITIONS OF: arsenic

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n a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

Synonyms:
As, atomic number 33
Type of:
chemical element, element
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

n a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

Synonyms:
arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane, white arsenic
Type of:
trioxide
an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule
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