/koh"bawlt/ , n.
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; at. wt.: 58.933; at. no.: 27; sp. gr.: 8.9 at 20°C.
[ 1675-85; Kobalt, var. of Kobold KOBOLD ]