English
elements|Ca|potassium|K|scandium|Sc

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-calcium.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|- (Symbol: Ca)

1. A chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

Derived terms
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bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
calc-, calci-
calcic
calcio-
calcium-40
calcium-42
calcium-43
calcium-44
calcium-45
calcium-46
calcium-48
calcium arsenate
calcium carbide
calcium carbonate
calcium chloride
calcium cyanamide
calcium dihydrogen phosphate
calcium fluoride
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calcium hydride
calcium hydroxide
calcium light
calcium magnesium carbonate
calcium magnesium silicate
calcium nitrate
calcium oxide
calcium peroxide
calcium phosphate
calcium phosphide
calcium platinate
calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate
calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide
calcium tungstate
dicalcium
monocalcium
oxycalcium
tricalcium

Related terms
calcia
calcite
calx

Translations
trans-top|chemical element of atomic number 20
Afrikaans: kalsium
Albanian: kalcium
Arabic: ARchar|��س��� (kálsiyum) m
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡Õ¬Ö�Õ«Õ¸Ö�Õ´ (kalts'ium)
Basque: kaltzioa
Belarusian: кал���й (kál'tsyj) m
Bosnian: kalcij
Breton: kalsiom, kalkiom m
Bulgarian: кал�ий (káltsij) m
Catalan: calci
Chinese: � / � (gài)
Chinese Cantonese: � (koi3)
Cornish: calcyum
Croatian: kalcij
Czech: vápník
Danish: kalcium
Dutch: calcium n
Esperanto: kalcio
Estonian: kaltsium
Faroese: kalsium
Finnish: kalsium
French: calcium m
Frisian: kalsium
Friulian: calci
Gallegan: calcio
Georgian: �������� (kalts'iumi)
German: Kalzium n, Calcium n
Greek: α�βέ��ιο [a.�zve�.sti.o�] n
Hebrew: he-translation|ס���|sidán, he-translation|ק�צ���|qáltzium
Hungarian: kalcium
Icelandic: kalsín
Interlingua: calcium
Irish: cailciam
Italian: calcio m
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Japanese: ����� (karushiumu)
Kashmiri: kalcé�
Kazakh: кал��ий (kal'tsij)
Korean: 칼� (kalsyum)
Latvian: kalcijs
Lithuanian: kalcis
Luxembourgish: kalzium
Macedonian: кал�и�м (káltsium) m
Malay: kalsium
Maltese: kal�ju
Manx: kelkium
Mongolian: кал��и (kal'tsi)
Norwegian: kalsium
Polish: wap� m
Portuguese: cálcio m
Romanian: calciu n
Russian: кал��ий (kál'tsij) m
Scottish Gaelic: cailciam
Serbian: кал�иj�м (kalcijum) m
Slovak: vápník
Slovenian: kalcij
Spanish: calcio m
Swedish: kalcium
Tajik: kal'ci'
Tamil: ��ண�ணியம� (chuNNiyam)
Thai: THchar|��ล��ียม (khælsiam)
Turkish: kalsiyum
Ukrainian: кал��iй (kál'tsij) m
Uzbek: кал��ий (kal'tsiy)
Vietnamese: canxi
Welsh: calsiwm
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External links
Wikisource1911Enc?|Calcium

For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also
chalk
lime
limestone

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