krypton
krip ton
- n a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
- The waves of krypton 86 have none of these failings.
- The water gave off radioactive xenon and krypton gases that escaped through the plant's ventilation system into the atmosphere.
- In 1,000,000 quarts of air there is one quart of krypton.