periodic table
nounDefinition of periodic table
: an arrangement of chemical elements based on the periodic law
Examples of periodic table in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In some meteorites, there is 'stardust' even older than our Solar System, which shows us how stars form and evolve to create elements of the periodic table. — Fox News, "Gold prospector's mysterious rock turned out to be super-rare meteorite," 27 July 2019 There are over 250 known stable isotopes, and 80 of the periodic table’s first 82 elements have them. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life," 18 July 2019 The periodic table currently stretches to element No. — Andrew Crumey, WSJ, "‘Mendeleyev’s Dream’ and ‘Elemental’ Review: Cracking the Chemical Code," 21 June 2019 According to Eric Scerri, an expert on the history of the periodic table based at the University of California, Los Angeles, the chart can be dated back to a time period between 1879 and 1886. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "World's Oldest Periodic Table Found in Storage," 18 Jan. 2019 For decades, the prevailing account has been that supernova explosions make gold, along with dozens of other heavy elements on the bottom few rows of the periodic table. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold," 23 Mar. 2017 Rare earths, covering 17 elements on the periodic table, are in fact common. — The Economist, "Rare earths give China leverage in the trade war, at a cost," 15 June 2019 Supernova Trouble In 1957, the physicists Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge, William Fowler and Fred Hoyle laid out a set of recipes for how the lives and deaths of stars could fill in almost every slot in the periodic table. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold," 23 Mar. 2017 The 1860s, when the periodic table was conceived, were an exciting time for science. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "World's Oldest Periodic Table Found in Storage," 18 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'periodic table.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more