Magnesium

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒmæɡˈniːziÉ™m/
• US IPA: /ËŒmæɡˈniziÉ™m/, /ËŒmæɡˈniÊ’É™m/
• Rhymes: -iːziÉ™m, -iÊ’É™m
• Hyphenation: mag + ne + si + um

Origin

From New Latin magnēsium, from Magnēsia("region in Thessaly") + -ium.

Full definition of magnesium

Noun

1. A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
• 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" byThe 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.

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• mesangium