grayish-white metal

  • 1Black manganese — Manganese Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a… …

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  • 2Black oxide of manganese — Manganese Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a… …

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  • 3chrome — Chromium Chro mi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? color.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with… …

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  • 4Chromium — Chro mi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? color.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its… …

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  • 5Manganese — Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard,… …

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  • 6manganese — Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard,… …

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  • 7Manganese dioxide — Manganese Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a… …

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  • 8Manganese peroxide — Manganese Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a… …

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  • 9MnO2 — Manganese Man ga*nese , n. [F. mangan[ e]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a… …

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  • 10osmium — os mi*um ([o^]z m[i^]*[u^]m), n. [Gr. osmh a smell, odor, akin to o zein to smell. So named in allusion to the strong chlorinelike odor of osmic tetroxide. See {Odor}.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the platinum group with atomic number 76.… …

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