(inorganic chemistry) Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.

(chemistry) A transition element

plural of measurement ton

(informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.

(US, informal) The essential part or parts of something. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.

Alternative form of means of transportation

(slang) A corpse / (slang, idiomatic) Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.

(inorganic chemistry) Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

(statistics) The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean.