magnesium
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magnesium
- /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/ UK
- /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/ US
- /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/ US
Where it comes from
From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
noun
- The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal. 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.
- An atom of this element.
Similar: magnium
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mg, calcium, ammonio, manganese, magnesia, calcite, ferrous, frame, rest, disarmament, brucite, periclase, magnesite, magnesian, carnallite, chlorophyll
noun
Similar: magnium
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noun chemical element
| Español | magnesio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마그네슘 mageunesyum |
| 日本語 | マグネシウム maguneshiumu, 苦土素 kudoso |
| 中文 | 鎂 /镁 měi |
| हिन्दी | भ्राजातु bhrājātu, मैग्नीसियम maignīsiyam |
| Kiswahili | magnesi |
| Português | magnésio |
| Français | magnésium |
| Deutsch | Magnesium |
| Italiano | magnesio |
| Ελληνικά | μαγνήσιο magnísio |
| Română | magneziu |
| Русский | ма́гний mágnij |
| Tiếng Việt | magiê |
| العربية | مَغْنِيسِيُوم maḡnīsiyūm |
| עברית | מגנזיום magnezium |
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