Magnesia
[mæg'niːʒə;-zɪə;-ʃə] or [mæg'niʒə]
Definition
(n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium.
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Examples
- It is composed of pure copper, 100 parts; pure tin, 17 parts; magnesia, 6 parts; tartar of commerce, 9 parts; sal-ammoniac, 3. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Add the oil to the alcohol, rub with magnesia and sugar, then add the water and filter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I took a cylinder of zirconia and wound about a hundred feet of the fine platinum wire on it coated with magnesia from the syrupy acetate. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He tried mixing it with many materials, first using magnesia, which, however, proved ineffective. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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