potassium

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

From potassa + -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA(key): /pəˈtæsiəm/
  • (file)

Noun

potassium (usually uncountable, plural potassiums)

  1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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References

  • Potassa and Potassium in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.ta.sjɔm/
  • (file)

Noun

potassium m (uncountable)

  1. potassium

Descendants

  • Lingala: potasu

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Interlingua

Noun

potassium (uncountable)

  1. potassium
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