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Definition of: krypton
(krip′ton) noun
A colorless, insert, gaseous element (symbol Kr) of the zero group in the periodic table, isolated by Ramsay in 1898. See ELEMENT. [<NL <Gk. krypton, neut. of kryptos hidden]
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