Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light, silvery-white, moderately hard metallic element that in ribbon or powder form burns with a brilliant white flame. Obtained chiefly from magnesite and dolomite, it is used in structural alloys, pyrotechnics, flash photography, and incendiary bombs. Atomic number 12; atomic weight 24.305; melting point 650°C; boiling point 1,090°C; specific gravity 1.738 (at 20°C); valence 2. cross-reference: Periodic Table.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Manganese.
- noun Chemical symbol, Mg; atomic weight, 24.4. The metallic base of the widely distributed alkaline earth magnenesia, which in various combinations, and especially in the form of the double carbonate of lime and magnesia, is one of the most abundant of the materials which make up the earth's crust.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A light silver-white metallic element of atomic number 12, 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, 24.305. Specific gravity, 1.75. - noun (Chem.) Same as
Epsom salts .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an
atomic number of 12.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Etymologies
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Examples
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A 0.1375 g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant volume bomb calorimeter that has a heat capacity?
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A 0.1375 g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant volume bomb calorimeter that has a heat capacity of 3024 J/C (degrees C).
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Dennis Mangan explains why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression:
Why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression « Isegoria 2008
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Why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression « Isegoria
Why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression « Isegoria 2008
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Why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression
Why magnesium is like vitamin D and how it cures depression « Isegoria 2008
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The ingredient, rich in calcium and magnesium, is derived from red seaweed Lithothamnion Coralliodides, which is harvested under licence by Marigot off the south west coast of Ireland.
Archive 2007-04-01 Steve Carper 2007
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The ingredient, rich in calcium and magnesium, is derived from red seaweed Lithothamnion Coralliodides, which is harvested under licence by Marigot off the south west coast of Ireland.
Good News for Gluten Sufferers - from Seaweed! Steve Carper 2007
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The literature I have read on magnesium, and especially magnesium chloride hexahydrate, is that it can take anywhere from 3 months to a year at fairly high doses to correct a long term magnesium deficiency.
Photo food diary Dec 1, 2008 | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Willstätter, however, has the merit of having been the first to recognize and to prove with complete evidence the fact that magnesium is not an impurity, but is an integral part of the native, pure chlorophyll - a fact of high importance from the biological point of view.
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He has shown that magnesium is held within the chlorophyll molecule in a manner which is very similar to the way in which iron is held in haemoglobin; this bond is so firm that the magnesium is not liberated even by the action of a strong alkali.
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