Calcium

English

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Etymology

A New Latin word derived by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx ("lime", "limestone") because it occurs in limestone.

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Noun

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Singular Calcium

Plural -

Calcium (-) (Symbol: Ca)

1. A chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

Derived terms

bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide calc-, calci- calcic calcio- calcium-40 calcium-42 calcium-43 calcium-44 calcium-45 calcium-46 calcium-48 calcium arsenate calcium carbide calcium carbonate calcium chloride calcium cyanamide calcium dihydrogen phosphate calcium fluoride

calcium hydride calcium hydroxide calcium light calcium magnesium carbonate calcium magnesium silicate calcium nitrate calcium oxide calcium peroxide calcium phosphate calcium phosphide calcium platinate calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide calcium tungstate dicalcium monocalcium oxycalcium tricalcium

Related terms

• BSCCO
• Ca²⁺
• calcia
• calcite
• calx
• calculus

Translations

chemical element of atomic number 20

Afrikaans: kalsium Albanian: kalcium sq(sq) Arabic: كلسيوم (kálsiyum) m. Armenian: կալցիում hy(hy) (kalts'ium) Basque: kaltzioa Belarusian: кальцый (kál'tsyj) m. Bosnian: kalcij bs(bs) Breton: kalsiom, kalkiom m. Bulgarian: калций bg(bg) (káltsij) m. Catalan: calci Chinese: 鈣, 钙 (gài) Cantonese: 鈣 (koi3) Cornish: calcyum Croatian: kalcij hr(hr) Czech: vápník cs(cs) Danish: kalcium da(da) Dutch: calcium nl(nl) n. Esperanto: kalcio eo(eo) Estonian: kaltsium et(et) Faroese: kalsium fo(fo) Finnish: kalsium fi(fi) French: calcium fr(fr) m. Friulian: calci Galician: calcio Georgian: კალციუმი ka(ka) (kalts'iumi) German: Kalzium de(de) n., Calcium de(de) n. Greek: ασβέστιο [a.ˈzve̞.sti.o̞] n. Hebrew: Template:He-translation, Template:He-translation Hungarian: kalcium hu(hu) Icelandic: kalsín is(is) Interlingua: calcium Irish: cailciam ga(ga) Italian: calcio it(it) m.

Japanese: カルシウム ja(ja) (karushiumu) Kashubian: kalcéń Kazakh: кальций kk(kk) (kal'tsij) Korean: 칼슘 (kalsyum) Latvian: kalcijs Lithuanian: kalcis lt(lt) Luxembourgish: Kalzium Macedonian: калциум (káltsium) m. Malay: kalsium ms(ms) Maltese: kalċju Manx: kelkium Mongolian: кальци (kal'tsi) Navajo: tsʼin báʼátʼéhígíí Norwegian: kalsium no(no) Polish: wapń pl(pl) m. Portuguese: cálcio pt(pt) m. Romanian: calciu ro(ro) n. Russian: кальций ru(ru) (kál’tsij) m. Scottish Gaelic: cailciam Serbian: калциjум (kalcijum) m. Slovak: vápník sk(sk) Slovene: kalcij sl(sl) Spanish: calcio es(es) m. Swedish: kalcium sv(sv) n. Tajik: kal'ci' Tamil: சுண்ணியம் (chuNNiyam) Thai: แคลเซียม (khælsiam) Turkish: kalsiyum tr(tr) Ukrainian: кальцiй (kál'tsij) m. Uzbek: кальций (kal'tsiy) Vietnamese: canxi Welsh: calsiwm cy(cy) West Frisian: kalsium

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/ca.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

• chalk
• lime
• limestone

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Dutch

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Noun

Calcium n.

1. (chemistry) calcium

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kal.sjɔm/

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Noun

Calcium m (usually uncountable)

1. (chemistry) calcium

Derived terms

• calcaire
• calcifier
• calcique

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