manganese

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See also: manganèse

English

Chemical element
Mn
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Etymology

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

  • (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

manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)

  2. (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.
  3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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  • → Welsh: manganîs

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Italian

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Chemical element
Mn
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Next: ferro (Fe)

Etymology

Alteration of Medieval Latin magnēsia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.ɡaˈne.ze/, (traditional) /man.ɡaˈne.se/
  • Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
  • Hyphenation: man‧ga‧né‧se

Noun

manganese m (plural manganesi)

  1. (chemistry) manganese

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