1. a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals; [syn: bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 83
n 1: a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element
(resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually
recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals [syn:
bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83]