an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
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sulphur::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atomic number 16, s, sulfur |
| Type of | element, chemical element |
| Has types | brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur |
| Derivation | sulphuric, sulphurous |
Examples of sulphur
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There is no flavor here, just a slight sulphur tang that even a lime can't mask.
From the stltoday.com
They get a bit technical, occasionally, with talk of added sulphur and oxidation.
From the independent.co.uk
Metabolic variability in seafloor brines revealed by carbon and sulphur dynamics.
From the sciencedaily.com
Sulphur is cheaper than many other materials currently used in lithium batteries.
From the sciencedaily.com
A range of prokaryotic and eukaryotic RNA species contain sulphur-modified bases.
From the nature.com
Anonymous, he said, is like a pool of sulphur boiling under the hills of Wyoming.
From the huffingtonpost.com
What causes the water vapour and sulphur dioxide to well up in the first place?
From the sciencedaily.com
And new rules requiring diesel in 2006 to be all-but free of sulphur will help.
From the economist.com
When free sulphur is added to the mixture, the iron melts at a lower temperature.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Sulfur: an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
- Treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured"
- Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) is the chemical element that has the atomic number 16. It is denoted with the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Sulfur, in its native form, is a bright yellow crystalline solid. ...
- Sulphur (Soufre) is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 22,512 at the 2000 census. Sulphur is a suburb of Lake Charles, and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Alternative spelling of sulfur; Alternative spelling of sulfur
- To dream of sulphur, warns you to use much discretion in your dealings, as you are threatened with foul play. To see sulphur burning, is ominous of great care attendant upon your wealth. To eat sulphur, indicates good health and consequent pleasure.
- This is an important element in winemaking, with a wide variety of uses, often as part of the compound sulphur dioxide. ...
- A yellow-coloured, natural element commonly extracted from petroleum and used for making fertilizers, pharmaceuticals and other products.
- (a) As a "principle," in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries the substantive causes of the properties of inflammablility, color, and odor; (b) in the doctrined of phlogiston, a compound composed of vitriolic (sulfuric) acid and the inflammable principle, "phlogiston."
