potassium
Pronunciation
change- enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA (key): /pəˈtæsiəm/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: po‧tas‧si‧um
Noun
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- (uncountable) Potassium is a soft, silvery metal that is never found unbound in nature. It has a symbol K and an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is taken from the Latin kalium.
- Potassium is a highly electronegative element.