Potassium - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈtæsɪəm|  American pronunciation of the word potassium
Brit.  |pəˈtæsɪəm|  British pronunciation of the word potassium

noun

- a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

Extra examples

I rather fancy potassium cyanide. You just chew a piece, and quick curtain.

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