How to Use xenon in a Sentence

xenon

noun
  • Inside the fiber, the laser light interacts with xenon gas atoms.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The first prototypes were built over a decade ago and contained less than 50 pounds of xenon.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The variant lacks a rear fog light and window wiper but does have xenon headlights up front and an adjustable rear wing in the back.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
  • It is known that the inert noble gas xenon can act as anesthetic in animals and people.
    — Hartmut Neven, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Lighter dark matter particles wouldn't have the heft to cause a nucleus of xenon or argon to recoil.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This latest result reveals that nothing with the right properties to excite the xenon made it through.
    — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 22 July 2016
  • The xenon flash does a better job of freezing motion when compared with an LED.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Then wait for a passing WIMP to bang into a xenon atom’s nucleus.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2016
  • Those criticisms take for granted that xenon actually works—but scientists aren’t so sure.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Mercury is much heavier than either xenon or krypton, so spacecraft carrying them would be able to generate more thrust.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2018
  • So these experiments use vast tanks filled with liquid xenon, which is denser than solid aluminum, as dark matter detectors.
    — Dan Falk /, NBC News, 7 May 2018
  • An ion engine works by using an inert gas as a propellant; often this gas is xenon, but Takahashi used argon.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of liquid or solid fuel, the craft was propelled by ions of xenon gas accelerated by an electric field.
    — Pm Editors, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2012
  • Crewdson points out a phone booth in the background, fitting for Bridgers’ upcoming smartphone-free tour, and the xenon lamp emitting that beam of light.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026
  • Current detectors use heavy atoms like xenon and argon, which should recoil if their nucleus is struck, much like colliding billiard balls.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This thruster uses this power to ionize a propellant (such as xenon), which is then funneled through nozzles to provide consistent thrust.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That’s crucial because Psyche relies on solar-electric propulsion powered by xenon gas.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The headlights, unique to the Turbo, arch down into the bumper and utilize xenon illumination for high- and low-beam lighting.
    — Peter Robinson, Car and Driver, 23 July 2023
  • Linde also offers rare gases such as xenon and krypton that some satellites use as propellants to get into the right orbit once they’re released from the rocket.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • One of Brown’s areas of study is trying to capture dark matter interactions with normal matter in the form of liquid xenon isotopes.
    — Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2019
  • Levine worries that all the speculation about what xenon might (but probably doesn’t) do will lead others to begin experimenting with it.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Its understated design is highlighted by a pair of xenon headlights that swivel with the steering wheel, a unique front end and side skirts, a rear spoiler, and four exhaust tips.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The idea is that a dark matter particle might whoosh by a xenon atom, knocking off an electron, which LUX would detect as an increase in charge.
    — Adam Mann, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2013
  • Other colors can come from things like LED billboards or high-intensity xenon lights on deep-sea oil platforms and fishing boats.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2016
  • At the center of LZ rests 10 metric tons (10,000 kilograms) of liquid xenon.
    — Hugh Lippincott, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This works by ionizing atoms belonging to a gaseous propellant, such as xenon or krypton, and then accelerating those ions out through a nozzle to provide thrust.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • His prototype uses lithium ions, which are much lighter than the xenon ions Dawn used, and therefore need less energy to attain higher velocities.
    — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Another wall will be taken down to create a giant room for four compressors and a backup generator that will suck up literal tons of xenon in case of an emergency.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Rosetta's observations revealed that 67P is deficient in heavy xenon.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2017
  • Intelligence agencies can basically sniff the air to detect decaying xenon isotopes.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2017

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