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Noun: cobalt  'kow,bolt or 'kow,bólt
  1. A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
    "Cobalt-60 is used in radiation therapy for cancer treatment";
    - Co, atomic number 27

Derived forms: cobalts

Type of: metal, metallic element

Part of: cobaltite, smaltite

Encyclopedia: Cobalt, MO