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n. - A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.

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  • The word xenon comes from the Greek word xenon which means stranger it was discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898.
  • Now, it's important to note this gas, it's called xenon 133.
  • But the impression is pretty expensive and i heard the xenon is a cheaply made phone.
  • I'm not going to get into the details, but if you saw what I saw, you wouldn't be so quick to call xenon noble.
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