potassium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.
Base: potassa
Affixes: -ium
Inflected forms:
form: potassiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source.
gloss: An atom of this element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.
Synonyms: kalium
Related words: K⁺
potash
potass
potassa
carnallite
langbeinite
polyhalite
saltpetre
sylvite
Derived words: acesulfame potassium
bismuthide of potassium
bromide of potassium
carbonate of potassium
chromate of potassium
dipotassium
hexapotassium
hydrogen potassium carbonate
hyperpotassemia
hypopotassemia
methylpotassium
monopotassium
nonpotassium
organopotassium
pentapotassium
plumbate of potassium
potassamide
potassian
potassic
potasside
potassiferous
potassio-
potassium-39
potassium-40
potassium-42
potassium-43
potassium acesulfame
potassium acetate
potassium acid carbonate
potassium adipate
potassium alginate
potassium aluminate
potassium aluminium silicate
potassium aluminium sulfate
potassium aluminum sulfate
potassium aluminium sulphate
potassium amide
potassium antimonyl tartrate
potassium argentocyanide
potassium-argon dating
potassium ascorbate
potassium bentonite
potassium benzoate
potassium bicarbonate
potassium bifluoride
potassium bisulfate
potassium bisulphite
potassium bitartrate
potassium bromate
potassium bromide
potassium carbonate
potassium channel
potassium chlorate
potassium chloride
potassium chromate
potassium citrate
potassium cyanide
potassium deficiency
potassium dichromate
potassium dicyanoargentate
potassium feldspar
potassium ferrate
potassium ferricyanide
potassium ferrocyanide
potassium fluoborate
potassium fluoride
potassium fluorotantalate
potassium fluorotitanate
potassium fluosilicate
potassium formate
potassium fulminate
potassium fumarate
potassium gluconate
potassium glutamate
potassium glycerophosphate
potassium gold chloride
potassium gold cyanide
potassium guanylate
potassium hexafluoroaluminate
potassium hexafluoroantimonate
potassium hexafluoroarsenate
potassium humate
potassium hydrate
potassium hydride
potassium hydrogen carbonate
potassium hydroxide
potassium inosinate
potassium iodate
potassium iodide
potassium iodohydrargyrate
potassium lactate
potassiumlike
potassium linoleate
potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
potassium malate
potassium manganate
potassium manganite
potassium metabisulfite
potassium niobate
potassium nitrate
potassium nitrite
potassium osmate
potassium oxalate
potassium oxide
potassium percarbonate
potassium perchlorate
potassium periodate
potassium permanganate
potassium peroxide
potassium persulfate
potassium perxenate
potassium phosphate
potassium platinocyanide
potassium plumbate
potassium salt
potassium selective electrode
potassium silicate
potassium silver cyanide
potassium soap
potassium sorbate
potassium stannate
potassium stannite
potassium sulfate
potassium sulphate
potassium sulfite
potassium sulphite
potassium thiocyanate
potassium titanyl phosphate
potassium vanadate
potassium xanthate
potassium zirconium fluoride
potassoxyl
radiopotassium
sodium-potassium pump
tetrapotassium
tripotassium
undecapotassium
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