manganese
See also: manganèse
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Alternative formsEdit
- manganesium (obsolete)
- manganesum (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia”), from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25.
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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.
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Derived termsEdit
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
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TranslationsEdit
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