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potassium

noun
/pəˈtæsiəm/

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.

  1. borrowed from potasch
  2. formed as potassium — “potassa + -ium”

Definitions

  1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature

    A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.

    • We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source.

  2. A single atom of this element.

    • This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.

The neighborhood

Derived

acesulfame potassium, bismuthide of potassium, bromide of potassium, carbonate of potassium, chromate of potassium, dipotassium, hexapotassium, hydrogen potassium carbonate, hyperpotassemia, hypopotassemia, methylpotassium, monopotassium, nonpotassium, organopotassium, pentapotassium, plumbate of potassium, potassamide, potassian, potassic, potasside, potassiferous, potassio-, potassium-39, potassium-40, potassium-42, potassium-43, potassium acesulfame, potassium acetate, potassium acid carbonate, potassium adipate, potassium alginate, potassium aluminate, potassium aluminium silicate, potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium amide, potassium antimonyl tartrate, potassium argentocyanide, potassium-argon dating · +97 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for potassium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA