helium

Definitions of helium
  1. noun
    a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
    synonyms: He, zonnegas
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    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
    edelgas
    any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table
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