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Definition of Magnesian
1. a. Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.
Definition of Magnesian
1. Noun. An inhabitant or a resident of Magnesia. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to Magnesia. ¹
3. Adjective. Containing magnesia ¹
4. Adjective. (minerology) Describing minerals containing magnesium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magnesian
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Magnesian
1.
Pertaining to, characterised by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium. Magnesian limestone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnesian
Literary usage of Magnesian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"magnesian carbonates in the crystalline schists is explained, as marking portions
of one continuous process. The formation of these mineral waters depends ..."
2. Philosophical Magazine (1830)
"The sandstone beneath the magnesian limestone, besides being a member of our
strata, with which we were not before acquainted, is one of considerable ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Fulwell Hill, Quarry in magnesian Limestone . 3740 (1!IJ) Fulwell Hill, Quarry
in magnesian Limestone . 3741 (182) Fulwell Hill, Quarry in magnesian ..."
4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"During the writer's study of the iron ores of Missouri, the question as to the
position of the iron ores relative to the magnesian or Ozark series became ..."
5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"magnesian Limestones as Sources of Magnesia. Highly magnesian limestones,
approaching dolomite in composition, may be regarded as possible sources of ..."
6. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"It is the of the Lower magnesian limestone equivalent of the Calciferous sandrock of
... Formation, a cherty magnesian limestone, from 65 to 250 feet thick, ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It occurs abundantly in many altered rocks aa • pseudomorph after some of the
anhydrous magnesian silicate«, ilso as a massive rock forming huge beds often ..."
8. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"Examples of the Fishes of the magnesian limestone of the north of England, are
described and figured by Professor Sedgwick, in the Geol. ..."
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