Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun atomic_number_16

1 sense of atomic number 16

Sense 1
sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 -- (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))
       => chemical element, element -- (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)