aluminum
English
Alternative forms
- aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and in everyday British English)
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin form alumium.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums) (American spelling)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.
Derived terms
Translations
aluminium — see aluminium
See also
References
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Aluminum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “aluminum”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- Michael Quinion (2004) “Aluminum”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) alūminum
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