atomic number 12

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   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 and olivine)

   SynonymsmagnesiumMg

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 12

What does atomic number 12 mean?

atomic number 12 means "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 and olivine)".

What is another word for atomic number 12?

Close synonyms include magnesium, Mg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 12 a common word?

atomic number 12 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.