Canadian English Meaning of magnesium
Magnesium
Other Canadian English words related to Magnesium
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Nearest Words of magnesium
- magnesium bicarbonate => Magnesium bicarbonate
- magnesium carbonate => magnesium carbonate
- magnesium hydroxide => Magnesium hydroxide
- magnesium nitride => Magnesium nitride
- magnesium oxide => Magnesium oxide
- magnesium sulfate => Magnesium sulfate
- magnet => magnet
- magnetic => magnetic
- magnetic attraction => Magnetic attraction
- magnetic bottle => magnetic bottle
Definitions and Meaning of magnesium in English
magnesium (n)
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)
magnesium (n.)
A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75.
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Magnesium
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
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
magnesite => Magnesite, magnesic => magnesic, magnesian => magnesic, magnesia => magnesia, magnes => magnesium,
