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rubidium: Meaning and Definition of

ru•bid•i•um

Pronunciation: (r-bid'ē-um), [key]
— n. Chem.
  1. a silver-white, metallic, active element resembling potassium, used in photoelectric cells and radio vacuum tubes. Symbol: Rb; at. wt.: 85.47; at. no.: 37; sp. gr.: 1.53 at 20°C.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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