Arsenic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɑːrsnɪk|
Brit.
|ˈɑːsnɪk|
noun
- a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer (syn: ratsbane)
- a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar (syn: as)
- a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar (syn: as)
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Belladonna and red arsenic are deadly poisons.
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