m 3 a 1 g 2 n 1 e 1 s 1 i 1 u 1 m 3
9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel a
originFrom New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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