חמצן

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Hebrew

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Chemical element
O
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Etymology

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Root
ח־מ־ץ (kh-m-ts)

From ח־מ־ץ (kh-m-ts, forming words relating to souring) +‎ ־ן (-n), ultimately calque of French oxygène, a modern coinage from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, sharp) +‎ γένος (génos, birth).

Noun

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חַמְצָן (khamtzánm

  1. oxygen (the chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994)

Derived terms

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