Magnesia (disambiguation)
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Magnesia may refer to:
a Greek toponym, derived from the tribal name Magnetes
in chemistry
a Greek toponym, derived from the tribal name Magnetes
Magnetes
The Magnetes were an ancient Greek tribe living in Thessalian Magnesia who took part in the Trojan War. They later also contributed to the Greek colonisation by founding two prosperous cities in Western Anatolia, Magnesia on the Maeander and Magnesia ad Sipylum.According to Hesiod's "Eoiae" or...
- Magnesia (peripheral unit), the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece
- Magnesia ad SipylumMagnesia ad SipylumMagnesia ad Sipylum , was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna on the river Hermus at the foot of Mount Sipylus...
, a city of Lydia - Magnesia on the MaeanderMagnesia on the MaeanderMagnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from Thessaly who settled the area along with...
, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia - Magnesia, a mythical city-state in Plato's LawsLaws (dialogue)The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. The question asked at the beginning is not "What is law?" as one would expect. That is the question of the Minos...
in chemistry
- Magnesium oxideMagnesium oxideMagnesium oxide , or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium . It has an empirical formula of and consists of a lattice of Mg2+ ions and O2– ions held together by ionic bonds...
- PericlasePericlasePericlase occurs naturally in contact metamorphic rocks and is a major component of most basic refractory bricks. It is a cubic form of magnesium oxide ....
or magnesia, a natural mineral of magnesium oxide
- Periclase
See also
- MagnesiumMagnesiumMagnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and common oxidation number +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole...
- Magnesia alba
- Milk of magnesia, a suspension of magnesium hydroxide