PERIODIC TABLE


Meaning of PERIODIC TABLE in English

/pear"ee od"ik, pear'-/ , Chem.

a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.

[ 1890-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .