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sodium

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda +? -ium, "soda" being from Italian soda, which may be from Arabic ???????? (suww?d, saltwort) or Arabic ??????????? (suwayd??, Suaeda).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??.d??m/
  • (US) enPR: s??d?-?m, IPA(key): /?so?.di.?m/
  • Rhymes: -??di?m

Noun

sodium (usually uncountable, plural sodiums)

  1. The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.98977. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

Synonyms

  • natrium (rare)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • soda

Translations

References

  • Sodium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

  • amphibole
  • borax
  • Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre
  • cryolite
  • halite
  • natron
  • salt
  • zeolite

Anagrams

  • modius, odiums

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?.dj?m/

Noun

sodium m (uncountable)

  1. sodium

Derived terms

  • hydroxyde de sodium

Further reading

  • “sodium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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shortite

English

Noun

shortite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium carbonate, with the chemical formula Na2Ca2(CO3)3.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Shortite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “shortite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

  • Theriots, orthites, otterish, theorist, thorites

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