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aluminium

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

aluminium(n = noun.substance) al, aluminum, atomic number 13 - a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

has particulars: alum, potash alum, potassium alum, alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum

aluminium, n. [L. alumen. See Alum.].

same as aluminum, chiefly British in usage. [1913 Webster]

Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold-colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

aluminium, n. (US aluminum) a silvery light and malleable metallic element resistant to tarnishing by air.

Idiom

aluminium bronze an alloy of copper and aluminium.

Usage

Symb.: Al.

Etymology

aluminium, alt. (after sodium etc.) f. aluminum, earlier alumium f. ALUM + -IUM

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