|  bismuth 
  
 
 a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically);
 usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
 • Syn:
 Bi, atomic number 83
 • Derivationally related forms:
 bismuthal
 • Hypernyms:
 metallic element, metal
 
 
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