Noun: caesium see-zee-um
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: cesium)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: cesium)
- A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
- cesium [N. Amer], Cs, atomic number 55
Derived forms: caesiums
Type of: metal, metallic element
Part of: pollucite
Encyclopedia: Caesium