Manganese Definition

mănggə-nēz, -nēs
noun
A grayish-white, metallic chemical element, usually hard and brittle, which rusts like iron but is not magnetic: it is used in the manufacture of alloys of iron, aluminum, and copper: symbol, Mn; at. no. 25
Webster's New World

(physics) The only stable isotope of manganese, 5525Cr, having 25 protons and 30 neutrons.

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Synonyms:
  • atomic number 25
  • mn

Other Word Forms of Manganese

Noun

Singular:
manganese
Plural:
manganeses

Origin of Manganese

  • French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia"), from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnÄ“sia), after Μαγνησία (MagnÄ“sia, “Magnesia").

    From Wiktionary

  • French manganèse from Italian manganese from Medieval Latin magnēsia mineral ingredient of the philosophers' stone magnesia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Manganese Sentence Examples

  • Iron, coal, copper and manganese are mined.

  • Manganese ore is mined for export, and bismuth is reported to have been discovered.

  • Recent experiments lead to the conclusion that iron, lead, manganese, lignite and sulphur exist in considerable abundance.

  • The chief minerals are sulphur, in the production of which Italy holds one of the first places, iron, zinc, lead; these, and, to a smaller extent, copper of an inferior quality, manganese and antimony, are successfully mined.

  • The colour of amethyst is usually attributed to the presence of manganese, but as it is capable of being much altered and even discharged by heat it has been referred by some authorities to an organic source.

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