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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manganese /ˈmaŋgəniːz/

▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 25, a hard grey metal used in special steels and magnetic alloys. (Symbol: Mn)

– derivatives
manganic adjective,
manganous adjective.

– origin C17: via Fr. from Ital. manganese, unexplained alt. of med. L. magnesia (see magnesia).

'manganese' also found in these Oxford entries:

columbite - manganate - manganite - Mn - rhodochrosite - spiegeleisen - transition metal - wolframite

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