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Information is located at Chemical Element: gold.
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Chemical Elements List
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(Latin: gold, yellow)
(Latin: arsenicum, yellow; gold, golden; nonmetal)
(Anglo-Saxon: gold, Sanskrit juel, to shine; the symbol is from Latin aurum, shining down; metal)
(Greek > Latin: yellow orpiment [pigment of gold]; arsenic trisulfide, having a lemon-yellow color and a resinous luster; used as a pigment)
(Modern Latin: from Arabic, zargun, "gold color"; metal)
(Arabic > Greek > Latin: the art of combining base metals [to make gold]; from Greek, chemia, “Egypt”, supposedly where the art of changing metals into gold existed)
(Greek: the color gold, golden, golden yellow)
(something that may not be golden, but is worth its weight in gold and which can't be misquoted)
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alluvial gold
Gold that can be found in soil and water sediment deposits.
These deposits are usually found around rivers, streams, or any other sort of running water.
gold-leaf electrometer, gold leaf electrometer
A simple instrument for measuring an electrical charge.
A support in an insulating chamber which has a moveable gold leaf attached to it.
Increasing the same charge causes increasing forces of repulsion, which causes additional movements of the gold leaf away from the support.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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gold-leaf electroscope, gold leaf electroscope
A device consisting of two pieces of thin gold foil, or gold leaf, joined at their upper ends and suspended inside a glass jar.
When an electric charge is applied to the terminal connected to the gold leaves, they spread apart because of the repulsion of the same levels or amounts of charges on them.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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gold-digger
A girl who breaks dates by going out with them.
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Definitions in Deviant and Comical Format
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