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potassium.

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.

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Meaning & usage

noun/pəˈtæsiəm/
  1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.

    uncountable · usually
    We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source.
  2. An atom of this element.

    countable · usually
    This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.
Where this word comes from

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.

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