Teething refers to the process of new teeth rising or erupting through the gums. Teething can begin in infants as young as 2 months of age, even though the first tooth usually does not appear until about 6 months of age. Some dentists have noted a family pattern of early, average, or late teethers.
noble metal. 1. any of a number of metals, as gold, silver, mercury, or platinum, that resist oxidation when heated in air, and solution by inorganic acids. But now, at the first and yet final trial, she is proved and found to be of noble metal. There was a noble metal collarâabout thirty-two, the size would have been, on the usual scale.
The noble gases are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and ununoctium. Noble Gas Properties. The noble gases are relatively nonreactive. This is because they have a complete valence shell. They have little tendency to gain or lose electrons.