calcium

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English [edit]

Chemical element
Ca Previous: potassium (K)
Next: scandium (Sc)

Etymology [edit]

A New Latin word derived by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx ("lime", "limestone") because it occurs in limestone.[1]

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Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia calcium (countable and uncountable; plural calciums) (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.
  2. (countable) An atom of this element.

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Chemical element
Ca Previous: kalium (K)
Next: scandium (Sc)

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calcium n (uncountable)

  1. calcium

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calcium m (usually uncountable)

  1. calcium

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Noun [edit]

calcium (genitive calciī); n, second declension

  1. calcium
  2. genitive plural of calx

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative calcium calcia
genitive calciī calciōrum
dative calciō calciīs
accusative calcium calcia
ablative calciō calciīs
vocative calcium calcia