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calcium

28 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. calcium (noun)
  2. calcium aluminate (noun)
  3. calcium arsenate (noun)
  4. calcium bisulfite (noun)
  5. calcium carbide (noun)
  6. calcium carbonate (noun)
  7. calcium channel blocker (noun)
  8. calcium chloride (noun)
  9. calcium cloud (noun)
  10. calcium cyanamide (noun)
  11. calcium cyanide (noun)
  12. calcium fluoride (noun)
  13. calcium gluconate (noun)
  14. calcium hydrate (noun)
  15. calcium hydride (noun)
  16. calcium hydrogen sulfite (noun)
  17. calcium hydroxide (noun)
  18. calcium hypochlorite (noun)
  19. calcium iodobehenate (noun)
  20. calcium light (noun)
  21. calcium nitrate (noun)
  22. calcium oxalate (noun)
  23. calcium oxide (noun)
  24. calcium phosphate (noun)
  25. calcium resinate (noun)
  26. calcium silicate (noun)
  27. calcium sulfate (noun)
  28. calcium tungstate (noun)

cal·ci·um

noun, often attributive \ˈkal-sē-əm\

Definition of CALCIUM

: a silver-white divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination — see element table
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Examples of CALCIUM

  1. Her doctor said she should eat more foods that are high in calcium, such as milk and cheese.

Origin of CALCIUM

New Latin, from Latin calc-, calx lime
First Known Use: 1808

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

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