Also spelled aluminium and luminium
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A light, silvery metal used to make cans, foil, and many other products.
The drink cans are made of recycled aluminum.
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· a light, silvery metal used...
aluminium
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aluminums
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um