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MAGNESIUM OXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnesium oxide mean? 

MAGNESIUM OXIDE (noun)
  The noun MAGNESIUM OXIDE has 1 sense:

1. a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesiumplay

  Familiarity information: MAGNESIUM OXIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAGNESIUM OXIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase

Hypernyms ("magnesium oxide" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "magnesium oxide"):

atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg (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))


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