Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
Magnesium
ма́гнийmágnij
ма́гнійmáhnij, ма́ґнійmágnij
The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
(uncountable)An atom of this element.
- a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Examples
11 sentencesFig fruits are a good source of magnesium.
High-dose magnesium is often used as an antidote in cardiac arrest protocols.
Consume magnesium-rich foods.
Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode.
Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are alkaline earth metals.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (MagnēsíaFrom 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.
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine):Mgatomic number 12
Word family
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