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sodium

//ˈsəʊ.dɪəm//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for sodium

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Forms

Plural
sodiums

Definitions

  1. 1.The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

  2. 2.Employing sodium.

    • From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4736

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
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General reading & writing
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Academic
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Literature
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Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808

From soda + -ium.

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