calcium

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
2. (countable) An atom of this element.

Concetti

calcio

calce

Ca

sinonimi

lime

Ca

atomic number 20

K line

liquid grease

calcic

calsium

lava

H line

Traduzioni

calcium

calcio

Kalzium

calcium

cálcio

Calcium

calci

ασβέστιο

kalsiyum

كلسيوم

calcium

كالسيوم

calci

kalsiyûm

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkælsi.əm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”) because it occurs in limestone. By surface analysis, calc- + -ium.