sodium

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈsəʊ.di.əm//
United Kingdom//ˈsəw.dɪj.əm//
Canada//ˈsoʊ.di.əm//
Canada/[ˈsoʊ.ɾi.əm]/

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

noun

1
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.
2
Employing sodium.
From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

Forms

plural: sodiums

sod · The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with…soda · Sodium bicarbonate.Soda · A surname from Japanese.

sodium · The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is…

sofa · An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised…Sofia · A female given name, variant of Sophia.soft · Easily giving way under pressure.

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