cobalt : Idioms & Phrases

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cobalt 60

  • noun a radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy
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Cobalt bloom

  • noun a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic
    erythrite.
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  • . Same as Erythrite.
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Cobalt blue

  • noun a shade of blue tinged with green
    turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; aquamarine; peacock blue.
  • noun greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
    cobalt blue.
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  • a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue.
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Cobalt crust

  • earthy arseniate of cobalt.
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Cobalt glance

  • . (Min.) See Cobaltite.
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Cobalt green

  • a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; called also Rinman's green.
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cobalt ultramarine

  • noun greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
    cobalt blue.
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Cobalt yellow

  • (Chem.), a yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite of cobalt and potassium.
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Glance cobalt

  • cobaltite, or gray cobalt.
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Gray cobalt

  • (Min.), smaltite.
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