げんそ
Meanings
Noun
Chemistry
1. element; chemical element
2. (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)
3. origin; source
Pitch accent
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Composed of
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
plain, white silk; prime
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
chemical symbol (e.g. H for hydrogen); element symbol
trace element; micronutrient
metallic element
radioelement; radioactive element
periodic table of elements
heavy element
rare-earth element; rare-earth metal
chemical element
nonmetallic element
transuranium element; transuranic element; super heavy element
native element mineral; native element
rare element
halogen family elements
periodic table of the elements
nitrogen group (group 15 of the periodic table)
transition element; transition metal
synthetic element; artificial element (i.e. technetium)
platinum group metals; platinum group elements
transactinide elements; transactinides; super-heavy elements
oxygen family element; chalcogen
siderophile element
chalcophile element
lithophile element
atmophile element
Examples (3 in total)
Iron and oxygen are elements.
Iridium is one of the rarest elements.
They believed that it must be a new element.