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  1. magnesium
    [n] - a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element
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  2. Magnesium
    Magnesium is a brilliant white metal, which is relatively soft. It is one of the more abundant elements, there being 23000 ppm in the earth`s crust. As a powder, magnesium is extremely reactive, but as a solid it oxidises slowly in air and reacts slowly in water. It does not occur naturally, but is ...
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  3. Magnesium
    A silvery metal used in some metal incendiaries. The dust is highly explosive. Ignition point of 650°F
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  4. Magnesium
    Mineral, sometimes taken as a dietary supplement
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  5. Magnesium
    a mineral that is essential for many body functions, including nerve impulse transmission, formation of bones and teeth, and muscle contraction
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  6. Magnesium
    Magnesium: A mineral involved in many processes in the body including nerve signaling, the building of healthy bones, and normal muscle contraction. About 350 enzymes are known to depend on magnesium. Magnesium is contained in all unprocessed foods. High concentrations of magnesium are contained in ...
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  7. magnesium
    An essential divalent cation. The major role is as the chelated ion in ATP and presumably other triphosphonucleotides. The Mg2+ /ATP complex is the sole biologically active form of ATP. The other essential role of Mg2+ is as the central ion of chlorophyll. Cellular concentration is less than 5mM, se...
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  8. Magnesium
    Mag·ne'si·um noun [ New Latin & F. See Magnesia .] (Chemistry) A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production...
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  9. magnesium
    <chemical, element> An essential divalent cation. The major role is as the chelated ion in ATP and presumably other triphosphonucleotides. ... The magnesium ATP complex is the sole biologically active form of ATP. The other essential role of magnesium is as the central ion of chlorophyll. Cell...
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  10. magnesium
    Mg 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 an...
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  11. magnesium
    (Mg) (mag-ne´ze-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 12, atomic weight 24.312. Its salts are essential in nutrition, being required for the activity of many enzymes, especially those concerned with oxidative phosphorylation. It is found in the intra- and extracellular fluids and is excreted....
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  1. Magnesium
    • (n.) A light silver-white metallic element, 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 photograp...
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  2. magnesium
    chemical element, one of the alkaline-earth metals of main Group IIa of the periodic table, the lightest structural metal. Known originally through ... [17 related articles]
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  3. Magnesium
    Magnesium (m {Respell|mag|NEE|zee-əm}) is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and common oxidation number +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth`s crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole. Magnesium is the fourth most common...
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  4. magnesium
    (Mg) Magnesium burning A light, silvery-white, moderately hard, metallic element which in ribbon or powder form burns with a brilliant white flame. Magnesium is the second lightest member of the alkaline earth metals (after beryllium). It can be combined with aluminum...
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  5. magnesium
    magnesium (măgnē'zēum, –zhum) , metallic chemical element; symbol Mg; at. no. 12; at. wt. 24.305; m.p. about 648.8°C; b.p. about 1,090°C; sp. gr. 1.738 at 20°C; valence +2. In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy discovered magnesium in its oxide, although it is not certain...
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  6. Magnesium
    Magnesium is a metal element with the symbol Mg that burns with a very bright white light. Magnesium has an atomic weight of 24.36 and is usually prepared by the electrolysis of the fused chloride or of carnallite. It has a silver-white colour, a high metallic lustre, and low specific gravity. It is...
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  7. magnesium
    (Mg) Type: Term Pronunciation: mag-nē′zē-ŭm Definitions: 1. An alkaline earth element, atomic no. 12, atomic wt. 24.3050, which oxidizes to magnesia; a bioelement, many salts have clinical applications.
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  8. magnesium
    Lightweight, very ductile and malleable, silver-white, metallic element, atomic number 12, relative atomic mass 24.305. It is one of the alkaline-earth metals, and the lightest of the commonly used metals. Magnesium silicate, carbonate, and chloride are widely distributed in nature. The metal is use...
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  9. magnesium
    In medicine, a mineral used by the body to help maintain muscles, nerves, and bones. It is also used in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.
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  10. magnesium
    1) Atomic number 12 2) Element found in flashbulbs 3) Metal 4) Metallic element 5) Mg
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  11. Magnesium
    Silver white or alloy element (Mg), which is involved than eight most abundant element in the construction of approximately 1.4% of the earth&...
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