English noun: mg |
1. | mg (quantity) one thousandth (1/1,000) gram |
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| Synonyms | milligram |
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| Broader (hypernym) | metric weight unit, weight unit |
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| Part holonym | mcg, microgram |
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| Part meronym | grain, metric grain |
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2. | Mg (substance) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) |
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| Synonyms | atomic number 12, magnesium |
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| Broader (hypernym) | metal, metallic element |
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| Substance meronym | bitter spar, carnallite, dolomite, magnesia, magnesite, magnesium oxide, olivine, periclase, spinel |
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