sulphur.
(Of thelat.)(sulphur, - uris).
1. m. chemical element of no. atóm. 16. Very abundant in the Earth's crust, is native or in the form of sulphides like pyrite and galena, or sulfate as gypsum. It is fragile, Crassus, electriza easily by rubbing and has a characteristic odor. It is used for vulcanization of rubber, as a fungicide and insecticide and for the manufacture of gunpowder, plastic, pharmaceutical products and sulphuric acid. (Símb.) (S, from its Latin name sulphur).
powdery yellow, composed of lyophobic spores.? V.
