: an arrangement of chemical elements based on the periodic law
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Tabletops in the center of the room are decorated with the periodic table of elements.—John Meyer, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026 These ultimate death throes of the Universe’s most massive stars take us all the way up the periodic table.—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025 Rare earths include 17 metallic elements in the periodic table made up of scandium, yttrium and the lanthanides.—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 Just by glancing at the periodic table, every metal could, in principle, serve as a cornerstone, and countless organic molecules can act as bridges connecting them.—Stavroula Alina Kampouri, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for periodic table
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