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Examples of periodic table in a Sentence
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This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 1 July 2024
With an atomic number of 79 in the periodic table, gold has been a measure of wealth and a store of value for thousands of years.
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Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
For this issue’s feature on these exotic elements, Pappas, a science journalist based in Colorado, explored the frontier of the periodic table to learn how scientists are giving shape to matter that bends the rules of chemistry.
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Even outside superheavy territory, chemists debate the placement of certain elements in the periodic table.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Periodic table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodic%20table. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
periodic table
noun
: an arrangement of chemical elements in order of atomic number that groups elements with common characteristics in the same area of the table
Medical Definition
periodic table
noun
: an arrangement of chemical elements based on the periodic law
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