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Noun: atomic number 82
  1. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
    - lead[2], Pb

Type of: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, metal, metallic element, tetragen, tetrel

Part of: cerussite, galena, white lead ore

Encyclopedia: Atomic number 82