Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Potassium: from this name its symbol K is derived.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.
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- noun obsolete
Potassium .
Etymologies
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The Latin name for potassium is kalium, and K is the symbol used for an atom of that element.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, 1892
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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The chemical symbol, K, comes from the Latin kalium which in turn, is derived from the Arabic word for alkali.
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