aluminum

English

Alternative forms
  • aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and in everyday British English)

Etymology

Named in 1812 by British chemist Sir Humphry Davy who discovered it, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (General American, Canada) enPR: ə-lo͞o'-mĭ-nəm, IPA(key): /ə.ˈluː.mɨ.nəm/
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Noun

aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  3. (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.

Derived terms

Translations
aluminium — see aluminium

See also

References
  • “Aluminum” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “aluminum”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  • “Aluminum” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
  1. Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Latin

Noun

alūminum

  1. genitive plural of alūmen
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