magnesium
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnesium /magˈniːzɪəm/
▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 12, a silver-white metal of the alkaline earth series. (Symbol: Mg)
'magnesium' also found in these Oxford entries:
alkaline earth
- brucite
- carnallite
- chlorite
- cordierite
- dolomite
- Epsom salts
- hornblende
- hypersthene
- hypomagnesaemia
- kainite
- komatiite
- mafic
- mag
- magnesia
- magnesite
- magnesium flare
- magnox
- mag wheel
- meerschaum
- Mg
- Milk of Magnesia
- periclase
- saline
- serpentine
- spinel
- talc
