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krypton

krypton

3 7.5
A rare colorless, odorless gas used in lights and cameras
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɪptɒn/
  • Specialized
: kriptón
  • The Krypton Hand-o-Lite is a lighting device the like of which you have not seen before.

Examples

  • She grows up in an American-style suburb on a fragment of Krypton that survived the planet's annihilation.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The same planet Superman came from... Krypton.

    Superman III (1983)

  • And according to the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie, Krypton was located in another galaxy.

    Blog text (14)

  • Earth's sun is younger and brighter than Krypton's was.

    Man of Steel (2013)

  • Krypton is often used in high-performance light bulbs due to its unique properties.

  • The photographer used krypton gas in his flash to achieve brighter images.

  • In some scientific experiments, krypton is used as an inert gas to protect reactive substances.

Synonyms

Kr
vskrypton
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A chemical symbol for the colorless, odorless gas krypton found in air

is the full name rather than the abbreviation

Surface Forms

krypton singular
kryptons plural

Etymology

The word krypton comes from the Greek word kryptos meaning 'hidden', because it was only found in very small, hard to find amounts in the air. That's why krypton is a rare, invisible gas, and you can remember it from the same root as cryptic or encrypt, words that also talk about something hidden.