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SULFUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
Synonyms:
atomic number 16; S; sulfur; sulphur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sulfur" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulfur"):
brimstone; native sulfur; native sulphur (an old name for sulfur)
Holonyms ("sulfur" is a substance of...):
sulfide; sulphide (a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive)
oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid; vitriol ((H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry)
Derivation:
sulfur (treat with sulphur in order to preserve)
sulfuric (of or relating to or containing sulfur)
sulfurous (of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with sulphur in order to preserve
Example:
These dried fruits are sulphured
Synonyms:
sulfur; sulphur
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sulfur" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sulfur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))
Context examples:
Replacing the beta-lactam sulfur atom for an oxygen atom and the presence of the methyltetrazolethio moiety and the para-hydroxyphenylmalonyl group, increases the antibacterial activity of moxalactam.
(Moxalactam, NCI Thesaurus)
Many of these carcinogenic chemicals will frequently contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements.
(Organic Carcinogen, NCI Thesaurus)
Molecule that contains atoms of the element carbon, usually combined with itself and with atoms of one or more other element such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, or fluorine.
(Organic Chemical, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of alkylating agents derived from mustard gas, with the sulfur replaced by nitrogen.
(Nitrogen Mustard Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A parenteral oxacephem antibiotic with an oxygen molecule substituted for the sulfur atom in the beta-lactam nucleus.
(Moxalactam Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)
More than one path can remove the sulfur and nitrogen groups of serine to create pyruvate.
(Catabolic Pathways for Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tryptophan, and Threonine, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
They include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur.
(Minerals, NIH)
Some of these fragments contain sulfur, which could have helped preserve them in the same way sulfur is used to make car tires more durable.
(NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars, NASA)
In their study, the researchers tested only for nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and particulates smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter.
(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In full eclipse, the atmosphere effectively collapses, as most of the sulfur dioxide gas settles as frost on the moon’s surface.
(New Research Reveals Fluctuating Atmosphere of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon, NASA)
