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manganese

21 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. manganese (noun)
  2. manganese black (noun)
  3. manganese brown (noun)
  4. manganese chloride (noun)
  5. manganese dioxide (noun)
  6. manganese epidote (noun)
  7. manganese green (noun)
  8. manganese heptoxide (noun)
  9. manganese oxide (noun)
  10. manganese sesquioxide (noun)
  11. manganese spar (noun)
  12. manganese steel (noun)
  13. manganese sulfate (noun)
  14. manganese tetroxide (noun)
  15. manganese velvet brown (noun)
  16. manganese violet (noun)
  17. black manganese (noun)
  18. bog manganese (noun)
  19. gray manganese ore (noun)
  20. Hadfield manganese steel (noun)
  21. red manganese oxide (noun)

man·ga·nese

noun \ˈmaŋ-gə-ˌnēz, -ˌnēs\

Definition of MANGANESE

: a grayish-white usually hard and brittle metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic and is used especially in alloys, batteries, and plant fertilizers — see element table
— man·ga·ne·sian \ˌmaŋ-gə-ˈnē-zhən, -shən\ adjective
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Origin of MANGANESE

French manganèse, from Italian manganese manganese dioxide
First Known Use: 1783

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