magnesium
/ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
Uncountable
noun
The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: magnēsium, μαγνησία
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
- British English: /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
Usage
Derived Forms
Phrases
calcium magnesium carbonate
calcium magnesium silicate
magnesium-24
magnesium-25
magnesium-26
magnesium alloy
magnesium aluminate
magnesium aluminium oxide