calcium

noun
/ˈkælsi.əm/US/ˈkalʃɪəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English calcium Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”) because it occurs in limestone. By surface analysis, calc- + -ium.

  1. derived from calx — “lime, limestone

Definitions

  1. The chemical element with atomic number 20

    The chemical element with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

  2. An atom of this element.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at calcium. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at calcium. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at calcium

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