| atomic number 25 
 
 a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic;
 used in making steel;
 occurs in many minerals
 • Syn:
 manganese, Mn
 • Hypernyms:
 metallic element, metal
 • Substance Holonyms:
 hausmannite, manganite, psilomelane, pyrolusite, rhodochrosite
 
 
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