manganese
See also: manganèse
English edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia”), from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesia, and magnesium; more at magnet.
Pronunciation edit
- (US) enPR: măngʹgə-nēz', -nēs'; IPA(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌniz/, /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌnis/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌniːz/
- Hyphenation: man‧ga‧nese
Noun edit
manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)
- (uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.
- 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.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms edit
- armangite
- black manganese
- chloromanganese
- copper-manganese
- corneous manganese
- dimanganese
- eka-manganese
- ekamanganese
- ferromanganese
- grey manganese
- heptamanganese
- hexamanganese
- 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 group
- manganese heptoxide
- manganese iodide
- manganesemia
- manganese nodule
- manganeseous acid
- 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
- manganesic acid
- manganesious
- manganesite
- manganesous
- mangani-
- manganian
- manganic
- manganiferous
- manganin
- manganism
- manganite
- manganize
- mangano-
- manganoan
- manganoso-magnesium alum
- manganoso-manganic acid
- manganous
- manganpyrosmalite
- methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl
- nonamanganese
- nonmanganese
- octamanganese
- organomanganese
- pentamanganese
- pyroxmangite
- radiomanganese
- red manganese
- silico-manganese, silicomanganese
- tetradecamanganese
- tetramanganese
- tridecamanganese
- white manganese
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Welsh: manganîs
Translations edit
chemical element
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Further reading edit
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Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Alteration of Medieval Latin magnēsia.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /man.ɡaˈne.ze/, (traditional) /man.ɡaˈne.se/
- Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
- Hyphenation: man‧ga‧né‧se
Noun edit
manganese m (plural manganesi)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → French: manganèse
- → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum
- → Welsh: manganîs
- → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum