CALCIUM


Meaning of CALCIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkal-sē-əm ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin calc-, calx lime

Date: 1808

: a silver-white divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination — see element table

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