manganese

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the chemical element with atomic number 25, a hard gray metal used especially to strengthen steel and in batteries

   Adding manganese makes the steel harder and more resistant to wear.

Common collocations

• manganese steel Noun + noun

Borrowed from French manganese, from Italian manganese, an alteration of Medieval Latin magnesia. Magnesia originally named substances associated with Magnesia in the ancient Greek world; confusion among similar dark minerals eventually produced the distinct name manganese.

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