Aluminium

//ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13. countable, uncountable

    "There are plenty of reasons, Australians may reason, why our nation might be exempted from the threatened next round of Trumpian tariffs, on stuff like aluminium and pharmaceuticals."

  2. 2
    a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite wordnet
  3. 3
    A single atom of this element. countable
  4. 4
    Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium. countable, slang, uncountable

Synonyms

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alaluminumaluminumalumiumalumiumatomic number 13

Example

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"Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode."

Etymology

First used in 1812 as an alternative form of aluminum which was coined in the same year. From Latin alūmen + -ium. * For information on the origins of the two spellings, see the Wikipedia article.

Related phrases

aluminium arsenidealuminium boratealuminium boron oxidealuminium brassaluminium bromidealuminium bronzealuminium caesium tetrachloridealuminium carbidealuminium chloridealuminium chloride fluoridealuminium chloride oxidealuminium chlorohydrate

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