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1. (n.) magnesium
a light, ductile, silver-white metallic element that burns with a dazzling light, used in alloys, fireworks, and flashbulbs.
Etymology: (1800–10; < NL; see magnesia , -ium2)
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1. (noun) magnesium, Mg, atomic number 12
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)
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1. (noun) Magnesium
a light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Magnesium
A metallic element that has the atomic symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and atomic weight 24.31. It is important for the activity of many enzymes, especially those involved in OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION.
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Sense: a silver-white metallic element that burns with a bright, white light.
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 Afrikaans: magnesium |
 Arabic: مغنيسيوم |
 Bulgarian: магнезий |
 Brazilian: magnésio |
 Czech: magnézium |
 German: das Magnesium |
 Danish: magnesium |
 Greek: μαγνήσιο |
 Spanish: magnesio |
 Estonian: magneesium |
 Farsi: منیزیم |
 Finnish: magnesium |
 French: magnésium |
 Hebrew: מַגנֶזיוּם |
 Hindi: मैगनीश्यिम |
 Croatian: magnezij |
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 Indonesian: magnesium |
 Icelandic: magnesíum |
 Italian: magnesio |
 Japanese: マグネシウム |
 Korean: 마그네슘 |
 Lithuanian: magnis |
 Latvian: magnijs |
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 Polish: magnez |
 Persian: منیزیم |
 Pashto: مګنيزيوم |
 Portuguese: magnésio |
 Romanian: magneziu |
 Russian: магний |
 Slovak: magnézium |
 Slovenian: magnezij |
 Serbian: magnezijum |
 Swedish: magnesium |
 Thai: ธาตุแมกนีเซียม |
 Turkish: magnezyum |
 Taiwanese: 鎂 |
 Ukrainian: магній |
 Urdu: ایک روپہلی دھات |
 Vietnamese: Magiê (hóa học) |
 Chinese: 镁 |
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