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

1 sense of radon

Sense 1
radon, Rn, atomic number 86 -- (a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health)
       => 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)
       => noble gas, inert gas, argonon -- (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)