Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

magnesium

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. magnesium (noun)
  2. magnesium bomb (noun)
  3. magnesium carbonate (noun)
  4. magnesium chloride (noun)
  5. magnesium-chlorophoenicite (noun)
  6. magnesium fluoride (noun)
  7. magnesium hydroxide (noun)
  8. magnesium nitrate (noun)
  9. magnesium oxide (noun)
  10. magnesium oxychloride cement (noun)
  11. magnesium perchlorate (noun)
  12. magnesium sulfate (noun)

mag·ne·sium

noun \mag-ˈnē-zē-əm, -zhəm\

Definition of MAGNESIUM

: a silver-white malleable ductile light metallic element that occurs abundantly in nature and is used in metallurgical and chemical processes, in photography, signaling, and pyrotechnics because of the intense white light it produces on burning, and in construction especially in the form of light alloys — see element table
See magnesium defined for English-language learners »
See magnesium defined for kids »

Origin of MAGNESIUM

New Latin, from magnesia
First Known Use: 1812

Rhymes with MAGNESIUM

trapezium

Learn More About MAGNESIUM

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: magnesium bomb
Previous Word in the Dictionary: magnesite
All Words Near: magnesium

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up magnesium? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).