calcium
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
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.
An atom of this element.
The neighborhood
- neighborBSCCO
- neighborcalcia
- neighborcalcite
- neighborcalculus
- neighborcalx
- neighborCa²⁺
- neighborchalk
- neighborlime
- neighborlimestone
Derived
bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide, calcaemia, calc-, calci-, calcein, calcemia, calcic, calcio-, calcium-40, calcium-42, calcium-43, calcium-44, calcium-45, calcium-46, calcium-48, calcium acetate, calcium arsenate, calcium benzoate, calcium bilirubinate, calcium cannon, calcium carbide, calcium carbonate, calcium channel blocker, calcium chloride, calcium chromate, calcium copper tetrasilicate, calcium cyanamide, calcium diglutamate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, calcium dioxide, calcium disodium EDTA, calcium ferrocyanide, calcium fluoride, calcium formate, calcium fumarate, calcium gluconate, calcium guanylate, calcium hydride, calcium hydroxide, calcium hypochlorite · +54 more
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.
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
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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