William R. Watt wrote:
"Michael Daly" ) writes:


BTW dictionaries are famous for getting definitions wrong - especially in scientific
and technical terminology. My Webster's here says that oxygen is the most
plentiful element in the universe.



I think you mean "atmosphere", not "universe". I'd check that dictionary
definitions again.


- Nitrogen is the most abundant element in the atmosphere. O2 is ~21%.
- Hydrogen is [most likely] the most abundant element in the universe.

--Chris