Magnesium

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Compare magnesium with other words:

magnesium vs. strontium

magnesium vs. picrite

cabrerite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. roscoelite

ludwigite vs. magnesium

humite vs. magnesium

homilite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. ralstonite

ludlamite vs. magnesium

edenite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. roselite

magnesium vs. struvite

magnesium vs. wagnerite

magnesium vs. warwickite

magnesium vs. serpentinize

lazulite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. sapphirine

euxanthin vs. magnesium

magnesiferous vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. potassium

magnesium vs. silver

cordierite vs. magnesium

chromite vs. magnesium

boracite vs. magnesium

glaucophane vs. magnesium

biotite vs. magnesium

anthophyllite vs. magnesium

ankerite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. vesuvianite

magnesium vs. tremolite

mafic vs. magnesium

dolomite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. rhodonite

magnesium vs. spinel

magnesium vs. phlogopite

diopside vs. magnesium

magnesian vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. pyroxene

chlorite vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. zeolite

amphibole vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. serpentine

magnesium vs. sima

magnesium vs. talc

magnesium vs. olivine

kieserite vs. magnesium

gymnite vs. magnesium

epsomite vs. magnesium

carnallite vs. magnesium

brucite vs. magnesium

magnesite vs. magnesium

magnesic vs. magnesium

magnesia vs. magnesium

magnesium vs. tracer

electron vs. magnesium

chromium vs. magnesium

aluminum vs. magnesium