magnesium oxide

noun

A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.

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magnesiapericlase
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Meanings

nounmagnesium oxide (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.

    Synonyms: magnesia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.

Similar
magnesia

More synonyms by meaning

nouna white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium

Similar
periclasemagnesia
Broader
mineral
Also see
magnesiapericlase

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek μαγνησία
  • μαγνησία (magnēsía)white powder
Catalan òxid de magnesi
  • òxid de magnesiwhite powder
Chinese Mandarin 氧化镁
  • 氧化镁 (yǎnghuàměi)white powder
Esperanto magnezia oksido
  • magnezia oksidowhite powder
Estonian magneesiumoksiid
  • magneesiumoksiidwhite powder
Finnish magnesiumoksidi
  • magnesiumoksidiwhite powder
French oxyde de magnésium, magnésie
  • oxyde de magnésiumwhite powder
  • magnésiewhite powder
German Magnesiumoxid
  • Magnesiumoxidwhite powder
Greek μαγνησία
  • μαγνησία (magnisía)white powder
Hindi भ्राजातु जारकिक
  • भ्राजातु जारकिक (bhrājātu jārkik)white powder
Hungarian magnézium-oxid
  • magnézium-oxidwhite powder
Italian ossido di magnesio
  • ossido di magnesiowhite powder
Japanese 苦土
  • 苦土 (kudo)white powder
Persian منیزیم اکسید
  • منیزیم اکسید (manyaziyom oksid)white powder
Polish tlenek magnezowy
  • tlenek magnezowywhite powder
Portuguese óxido de magnésio
  • óxido de magnésiowhite powder
Russian окси́д ма́гния
  • окси́д ма́гния (oksíd mágnija)white powder
Spanish óxido de magnesio
  • óxido de magnesiowhite powder
Swedish magnesiumoxid
  • magnesiumoxidwhite powder
Cite this entry
APA

magnesium oxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnesium%20oxide

MLA

“magnesium oxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnesium%20oxide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnesium oxide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnesium%20oxide.

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