Sulphur
11SULPHUR — in terrae reliquis generibus vel maxime mirâ est naturâ, ut quô plurima domantur. Nascitur in insulis Aeoliis, sed nobilissimum in Melo insula Genera quatuor, vivum Alterum genus appellant glebam, fullonum tantum officints familiare. Tertîo… …
12sulphur — Symbol: S Atomic number: 16 Atomic weight: 32.064 Yellow, nonmetallic element belonging to group 16 of the periodic table. It is an essential element in living organisms, needed in the amino acids cysteine and methionine, and hence in many… …
13sulphur — see SULFUR (Cf. sulfur). The form prefered in Britain; the spelling s suggestion of a Greek origin is misleading …
14sulphur — and its derivatives sulphurate, sulphurous, etc., are normally spelt with ph in BrE but f (sulfur etc.) in AmE …
15sulphur — [sul′fər] n. sp. ofchiefly Brit.Chiefly Brit. SULFUR …
16sulphur- — In words in the Dict. beginning thus the second ‘u’ when unstressed is marked with the pronunc. ( jʊə ); this is now often pronounced ( ə ) …
17sulphur — n. & v. (US sulfur) n. 1 a a pale yellow non metallic element having crystalline and amorphous forms, burning with a blue flame and a suffocating smell, and used in making gunpowder, matches, and sulphuric acid, in the vulcanizing of rubber, and… …
18sulphur — [14] The origins of Latin sulphur are not known, although it may have links with German schwefel ‘sulphur’. It has spread throughout the Romance languages (French soufre, Italian solfo, and, with the addition of Arabic al ‘the’, Spanish azufre),… …
19sulphur — [[t]sʌ̱lfə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Sulphur is a yellow chemical which has a strong smell. The air reeks of sulphur. ...measures to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide. (in AM, use sulfur) …
20sulphur — /ˈsʌlfə / (say sulfuh) noun 1. Chemistry a non metallic element which exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and which burns with a blue flame and a suffocating smell; used especially in making… …
