magnesium oxide

magnesium oxide

English

Noun

magnesium oxide (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.

Synonyms

• magnesia

Translations

white powder

Catalan: òxid de magnesi m Chinese: Mandarin: 氧化镁 (zh) (yǎnghuàměi) Estonian: magneesiumoksiid Finnish: magnesiumoksidi German: Magnesiumoxid n Hindi: भ्राजातु जारकिक (bhraajaatu jaarkik)

Hungarian: magnézium-oxid Ido: magnezio (io) Italian: ossido di magnesio (it) m Japanese: 苦土 (くど, kudo) Spanish: óxido de magnesio m Swedish: magnesiumoxid (sv) c