magnesium

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n. 镁 [化] 镁Mg

发音

UK /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
US /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
US /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/

别名

mag

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.

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    1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

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From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.

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