krypton

Pronunciation:		'kriptân
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air

	Synonyms:	atomic number 36, Kr

	See Also:	air, argonon, chemical element, element, inert gas, noble gas

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Kryp"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? hidden.] (Chem.) An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Liquefying point, -- 152[deg] C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.0.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	A frame language. ["An Essential Hybrid Reasoning System: Knowledge and Symbol Level Accounts of KRYPTON", R.J. Brachman et al, Proc IJCAI-85, 1985].