helium
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See also Helium
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[edit] English
| Chemical element | |
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| He | Previous: hydrogen (H) |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
[edit] Etymology
Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (“‘sun’”) (because its presence was first theorised in the sun's atmosphere).
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helium (countable and uncountable; plural heliums)
- (uncountable) A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.
- (countable) A form or sample of the element.
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terms derived from helium
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[edit] Translations
chemical element
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- E939 when used as a packaging gas
[edit] External links
For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/he.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)
[edit] Dutch
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helium n.
- (chemistry) helium
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
| chemical element | ||
| He | ||
| Previous: | vety | |
| Next: | litium | |
helium
- (chemistry) helium
[edit] Declension
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Declension of helium (type risti)
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[edit] Limburgish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]
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helium n
- (uncountable) helium
- A part of helium
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| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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| Nominative | helium | helia | helieke | heliekes |
| Genitive | heliums | helia | heliekes | heliekes |
| Locative | helieës | helieëser | helieëske | helieëskes |
| Dative¹ | heliumme | — | helieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | helium | — | helieke | — |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
[edit] Swedish
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helium n.
| Declination for helium | Singular | Uncountable | ||
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| Neuter | Indefinite | Definite | ||
| Base form | helium | heliumet | ||
| Possessive form | heliums | heliumets | ||
- (chemistry) helium
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