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Definition of Aluminium

1. Noun. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

Definition of Aluminium

1. n. The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.

Definition of Aluminium

1. Noun. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (''symbol'' Al) with an atomic number of 13. ¹

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Definition of Aluminium

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Medical Definition of Aluminium

1. The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold-coloured alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc. Atomic weight: 27.08 Abbreviation: Al Origin: L. Alumen. See Alum. (30 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Aluminium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"aluminium ¡a the most widely distributed element in nature with the exception of oxygen and ... aluminium occurs in combination with oxygen and metals as ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"The curve is based on the determination of the freezing points of mixtures varying in composition from pure gold to pure aluminium. The freezing points were ..."

3. American Druggist (1891)
"The Properties of aluminium. OUR knowledge of the properties of aluminium ... The earlier information on the physical properties of aluminium is not very ..."

4. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1884)
"THE author, through the kindness of Baron Liebig, having been enabled to make experiments on a bar of aluminium with a view to investigating its ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"The fluoride of aluminium may bo used for the preparation of alumina. This process (which has been patented by MM. Rousseau, Frères and M. Paul Morin, ..."

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