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1. (n.) potassium
a silvery white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses.
Etymology: (1800–10; < NL
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1. (noun) potassium, K, atomic number 19
a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
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1. (noun) potassium
an Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium)
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1. potassium
An element that is in the alkali group of metals. It has an atomic symbol K, atomic number 19, and atomic weight 39.10. It is the chief cation in the intracellular fluid of muscle and other cells. Potassium ion is a strong electrolyte and it plays a significant role in the regulation of fluid volume and maintenance of the water-electrolyte balance.
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Sense: a silvery-white element.
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 Afrikaans: kalium |
 Arabic: بوتاسيوم |
 Bulgarian: калий |
 Brazilian: potássio |
 Czech: draslík |
 German: das Kalium |
 Danish: kalium |
 Greek: κάλιο |
 Spanish: potasio |
 Estonian: kaalium |
 Farsi: پتاسیم |
 Finnish: kalium |
 French: potassium |
 Hebrew: אַשלגָן |
 Hindi: पोटैशियम |
 Croatian: kalijev hidroksid |
 Hungarian: kálium |
 Indonesian: potas |
 Icelandic: kalíum |
 Italian: potassio |
 Japanese: カリウム |
 Korean: 칼륨 |
 Lithuanian: kalis |
 Latvian: kālijs |
 Malay: kalium |
 Dutch: kalium |
 Norwegian: kalium |
 Polish: potas |
 Persian: پوتاشيم |
 Pashto: پوتاشيم |
 Portuguese: potássio |
 Romanian: potasiu |
 Russian: калий |
 Slovak: draslík |
 Slovenian: kalij |
 Serbian: kalijum |
 Swedish: kalium |
 Thai: ธาตุโพแทสเซียม |
 Turkish: potasyum |
 Taiwanese: 鉀 |
 Ukrainian: калій |
 Urdu: پوٹاشيم، چاندي کي طرح ايک |
 Vietnamese: ka-li |
 Chinese: 钾 |
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