magnesium
Meanings
Noun
- 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)
- The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
atomic number 12, magnium, Mg
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