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selenium
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
selenium
(noun)
selenium
/sə
ˈ
liːnijəm/
noun
selenium
/sə
ˈ
liːnijəm/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SELENIUM
[
noncount
]
technical
:
a chemical element that is used in electronic devices to make them sensitive to light
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