helium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Hyphenation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 Synonyms 1.4.5 External links 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

Chemical element
He	Previous: hydrogen (H)
	Next: lithium (Li)

[edit] Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‘sun’ (because its presence was first theorised in the sun's atmosphere).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hē'lēəm, IPA: /ˈhiːlɪəm/, SAMPA: /"hi:li@m/

[edit] Hyphenation

he·li·um

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

helium (uncountable)

1. A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.

[edit] Derived terms

heliair heliox helium-3 helium-4 helium burning helium dating helium flash

helium fusion helium speech helium star helium variable liquid helium orthohelium parahelium

[edit] Related terms

• helio-
• Helios

[edit] Translations

[edit] Synonyms

• E939 when used as a packaging gas

[edit] External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/he.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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[edit] Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

[edit] Noun

helium

1. (chemistry) helium