potassium
English
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Pronunciation
- enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA(key): /pəˈtæsiəm/
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Noun
potassium (usually uncountable, plural potassiums)
- 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.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- bismuthide of potassium
- bromide of potassium
- carbonate of potassium
- chromate of potassium
- hydrogen potassium carbonate
- monopotassium
- plumbate of potassium
- potassamide
- potassic
- potassio-
- potassium-39
- potassium-40
- potassium-42
- potassium-43
- potassium acetate
- potassium acid carbonate
- potassium aluminate
- potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate
- potassium antimonyl tartrate
- potassium-argon dating
- potassium bentonite
- potassium benzoate
- potassium bicarbonate
- potassium bifluoride
- potassium bisulfate
- potassium bromate
- potassium bromide
- potassium carbonate
- potassium channel
- potassium chlorate
- potassium chloride
- potassium chromate
- potassium cyanide
- potassium deficiency
- potassium dichromate
- potassium feldspar
- potassium ferrate
- potassium ferricyanide
- potassium ferrocyanide
- potassium fluoborate
- potassium fluoride
- potassium fluorotantalate
- potassium fluorotitanate
- potassium fluosilicate
- potassium fulminate
- potassium gluconate
- potassium glutamate
- potassium glycerophosphate
- potassium gold chloride
- potassium gold cyanide
- potassium hexafluoroaluminate
- potassium hexafluoroantimonate
- potassium hexafluoroarsenate
- potassium humate
- potassium hydrate
- potassium hydride
- potassium hydrogen carbonate
- potassium hydroxide
- potassium iodate
- potassium iodide
- potassium iodohydrargyrate
- potassium linoleate
- potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
- potassium manganate
- potassium manganite
- potassium metabisulfite
- potassium nitrate
- potassium nitrite
- potassium osmate
- potassium oxalate
- potassium oxide
- potassium percarbonate
- potassium perchlorate
- potassium periodate
- potassium permanganate
- potassium peroxide
- potassium persulfate
- potassium perxenate
- potassium phosphate
- potassium platinocyanide
- potassium plumbate
- potassium salt
- potassium selective electrode
- potassium silicate
- potassium sorbate
- potassium stannate
- potassium stannite
- potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate
- potassium thiocyanate
- potassium titanyl phosphate
- potassium vanadate
- potassium xanthate
- potassium zirconium fluoride
Translations
the chemical element
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References
- Potassa and Potassium in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.ta.sjɔm/
Audio (file)
Descendants
- Lingala: potasu
Further reading
- “potassium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
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