Hypernym

noun

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

cobalt group element 1

noundomain: substance

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Definition

any chemical element that belongs to the cobalt group.

Examples

1.All group 9 elements are relatively rare in the earth's crust, with the most abundant, cobalt, only accounting for 0.0029% of the Earth's crust.

Hyponym

noun

a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition

noun

a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium

noun

a radioactive transuranic element

noun

a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum