potassium
nounHow many syllables in potassium?
There are 4 syllables in the word potassium.How to pronounce potassium:
Definition of potassium:
- potassium (noun):
- a silver-white soft light low-melting monovalent metallic element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature especially combined in minerals see chemical elements table
- a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite.
Synonyms for potassium:
atomic number 19
brine
carnallite
k
kainite
metal
metallic element
saltwater
seawater
sylvine
sylvite
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