antimony, Sb, atomic number
(noun) a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
antimony (countable and uncountable, plural antimonies)
A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid.
The alloy stibnite.
• Do not confuse antimony with antinomy.
• stibium
• antinomy
Source: Wiktionary
An"ti*mo*ny, n. Etym: [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.)
Definition: An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
Note: It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
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