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Sulphur
Sulphur
n.
A
nonmetallic
element
occurring
naturally
in
large
quantities
,
either
combined
as in
the
sulphides
(as
pyrites
)
and
sulphates
(as
gypsum
), or
native
in
volcanic
regions
, in
vast
beds
mixed
with
gypsum
and
various
earthy
materials
,
from
which
it is
melted
out
.
Symbol
S.
Atomic
weight
32.
The
specific
gravity
of
ordinary
octohedral
sulphur
is 2.05; of
prismatic
sulphur
, 1.96.
Sulphur
n.
Any
one
of
numerous
species
of
yellow
or
orange
butterflies
of
the
subfamily
Pierinae
; as,
the
clouded
sulphur
(
Eurymus
, /
Colias
,
philodice
),
which
is
the
common
yellow
butterfly
of
the
Eastern
United
States
.
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