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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the elements in Group 18 of the periodic table, including helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, which are monatomic and with limited exceptions chemically inert.
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- noun chemistry Any of the
elements ofgroup 18 of theperiodic table , beingmonatomic and (with verylimited exceptions )inert .
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- noun any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table
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