potassium

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA: /pəˈtæsiəm/

Noun

potassium (uncountable)

1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Related terms

• K⁺
• potash
• potass
• potassa

Translations

• French: potassium
• German: Kalium
• Italian: potassio
• Portuguese: potássio
• Russian: ка́лий
• Spanish: potasio

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