sodium

CEFRB2

/ˈsəʊ.dɪəm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A soft chemical metal found in salt and many foods.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Employing sodium.

Examples

  • Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium are alkali metals.

  • Sodium reacts vigorously and exothermically with water.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈsəʉ.ɾi.əm]
  • [ˈsoʊ.ɾi.əm]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

More examples

In context

  • From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

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Origin

noun

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.