manganese
See also: manganèse
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Mn | Previous: chromium (Cr) |
| Next: iron (Fe) | |
Alternative forms
- manganesium (obsolete)
- manganesum (obsolete)
Etymology
French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia”), from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: măng'gənēz, IPA(key): /ˈmæŋɡəniz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæŋɡəniːz/
- Hyphenation: man‧ga‧nese
Noun
manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- black manganese
- corneous manganese
- chloromanganese
- copper-manganese
- ekamanganese
- ferromanganese
- grey manganese
- horn manganese
- iron-manganese tungstate
- mangan-
- manganeous
- manganesane
- manganesate
- manganese-55
- manganese alum
- manganese binoxide
- manganese black
- manganese blende
- manganese bromide
- manganese bronze
- manganese brown
- manganese carbonate
- manganese chloride
- manganese copper
- manganese dibromide
- manganese dichloride
- manganese diiodide
- manganese dioxide
- manganese epidote
- manganese garnet
- manganese glance
- manganese grass
- manganese green
- manganese heptoxide
- manganese iodide
- manganese nodule
- manganeseous acid
- manganese oxide
- manganese peroxide
- manganese purple
- manganese spar
- manganese steel
- manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate
- manganese superoxide
- manganese tetrafluoride
- manganese trioxide
- manganese violet
- manganese vitriol
- manganesian
- manganesiate
- manganesic acid
- manganesite
- manganeseous acid
- mangani-
- manganian
- manganic
- manganiferous
- manganin
- manganism
- manganite
- mangano-
- manganoan
- manganoso-magnesium alum
- manganoso-manganic acid
- manganous
- red manganese
- silico-manganese, silicomanganese
- white manganese
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Italian
| Chemical element | |
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| Mn | Previous: cromo (Cr) |
| Next: ferro (Fe) | |
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: man‧ga‧né‧se
- IPA(key): /maŋ.ɡaˈne.se/, /maŋ.ɡaˈne.ze/
Derived terms
Derived terms
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