magnesium

CEFRB2

/ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A light metal needed by the body and used in products.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.

Examples

  • Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are alkaline earth metals.

  • Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Also pronounced

  • /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
  • /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/

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In context

  • Magnesium is a chemical element.

  • 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.

  • A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.

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Origin

noun

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.