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ALUMINIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

Synonyms:

Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aluminium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aluminium"):

alum; potash alum; potassium alum (a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum)

alum; ammonia alum; ammonium alum (a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum)

Holonyms ("aluminium" is a substance of...):

aluminium foil; aluminum foil; tin foil (foil made of aluminum)

bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)

Duralumin (an aluminum-based alloy)

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 Context examples: 

The team used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) to detect a source of the radioactive isotope aluminium-26.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)

348 years after the initial event was observed, the remains of this explosive stellar merger have led to the clear and convincing signature of a radioactive version of aluminum, known as aluminium-26.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)