magnesium

One entry found for magnesium.

Main Entry: mag·ne·sium
Pronunciation: mag-'nE-zE-&m, -zh&m
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from magnesia
: 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