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Magnesium

Noun CEFR B2
ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

Españolmagnesio
Françaismagnésium
DeutschMagnesium
53 more languages
Afrikaansmagnesium
Беларускаямагній
Българскимагнезий
Catalàmagnesi
Češtinahořčík
Cymraegmagnesiwm
Ελληνικάμαγνήσιο
Esperantomagnezio
Gàidhligmaignèisiam
Galegomagnesio
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimakanekiuma
עבריתמגנזיום
हिन्दीभ्राजातु
Հայերենմագնեզիում
Italianomagnesio
ქართულიმაგნიუმი
Қазақ тілімагний
ភាសាខ្មែរម៉ាញ៉េស្យូម
한국어마그네슘
Latinamagnesium
LëtzebuergeschMagnesium
Lietuviųmagnis
Latviešumagnijs
Македонскимагнезиум
മലയാളംമഗ്നീഷ്യം
Монголмагни
Bahasa Melayumagnesium
Nederlandsmagnesium
Portuguêsmagnésio
Românămagneziu
Русскиймагний
Slovenčinahorčík
Slovenščinamagnezij
Српскиgorčikmagnezij
Svenskamagnesium
Kiswahilimagnesi
Tagalogmagnesyo
Türkçemagnezyum
ئۇيغۇرچەماگنىي
Українськамагнієвиймагній
O'zbekchamagniy
Tiếng Việtmagie

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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