Explore Calcium through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like metal. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Calcium in a sentence
Calcium meaning
- The chemical element with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
- An atom of this element.
Synonyms of Calcium
Using Calcium
- The main meaning on this page is: The chemical element with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks. | An atom of this element.
- Useful related words include: ca, atomic number 20, metallic element, metal.
- In the example corpus, calcium often appears in combinations such as: of calcium, calcium and, calcium carbonate.
Context around Calcium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calcium
- In this selection, "calcium" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, induced, circulating, sodium, carbonate, release and hydroxide stand out and add context to how "calcium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sodium calcium exchange protein and also develop calcium deposits or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calcium" sits close to words such as bargaining, commentators and goat, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calcium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Low Calcium: Which Foods Are Rich In Calcium? (8 words)
Two common calcium supplements are calcium citrate and calcium carbonate. (10 words)
Lime is mainly calcium carbonate, and gypsum is calcium sulfate. (10 words)
Part of the reason for the slowness of the calcium–water reaction is a partial passivation (chemically protective coating) of insoluble white calcium hydroxide ; in acidic solutions, where this compound is more soluble, calcium reacts vigorously. (36 words)
Non-dairy sources of calcium include dark, leafy green vegetables like kale, collard greens and spinach, sardines and canned salmon (soft bones and all), almonds, tofu processed with calcium, broccoli, dried beans, lentils and peas. (35 words)
Since phosphates combine with calcium ions to form insoluble salts, a decrease in the level of phosphates in the blood, releases free calcium ions into the plasma ionized calcium pool. (30 words)
Low Calcium: Which Foods Are Rich In Calcium? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Release of this calcium back into the cell's interior can occur via a sodium-calcium exchange protein or via "calcium-induced-calcium-release" pathways.
Two common calcium supplements are calcium citrate and calcium carbonate.
Aqueous treatments include distilled water at different temperatures, calcium hydroxide, calcium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium bicarbonate, and calcium phytate.
By increasing intracellular calcium as described below, cardiac glycosides increase calcium-induced calcium release and thus contraction.
Longer term regulation occurs through calcium absorption or loss from the gut (see Regulation of calcium metabolism in the Calcium metabolism article).
Other elements: calcium, magnesium, and sulfur Calcium is supplied as superphosphate or calcium ammonium nitrate solutions.
Part of the reason for the slowness of the calcium–water reaction is a partial passivation (chemically protective coating) of insoluble white calcium hydroxide ; in acidic solutions, where this compound is more soluble, calcium reacts vigorously.
Since phosphates combine with calcium ions to form insoluble salts, a decrease in the level of phosphates in the blood, releases free calcium ions into the plasma ionized calcium pool.
Limestone is sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate (calcite) and the double carbonate of calcium and magnesium (dolomite).
Non-dairy sources of calcium include dark, leafy green vegetables like kale, collard greens and spinach, sardines and canned salmon (soft bones and all), almonds, tofu processed with calcium, broccoli, dried beans, lentils and peas.
To encourage calcium release we formulate our pre-calver to a strict mineral specification where we limit calcium and sodium but increase magnesium and phosphorus.
Alternative sources: Nut or grain-based milks that are fortified with calcium or a calcium supplement.
Lime is mainly calcium carbonate, and gypsum is calcium sulfate.
Tofu commonly contains calcium and there are calcium-fortified alternatives to cow’s milk available.
A person with severely high levels of calcium or phosphate in the blood may also develop calcium deposits, or plaques, in the arteries or valves of the heart.
Low Calcium: Which Foods Are Rich In Calcium?
Tricalcium phosphate is a concentrated form of calcium that some people take as a supplement when they are not getting enough calcium from their diet.
Although calcium flowing into cells is normal, the uncontrolled increase of calcium causes the cells to degenerate.
As bone formation actively fixes circulating calcium in its mineral form, removing it from the bloodstream, resorption actively unfixes it thereby increasing circulating calcium levels.
Black also found that when bubbled through limewater (a saturated aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide ), it would precipitate calcium carbonate.
Common combinations with calcium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of calcium 38×
- calcium and 36×
- calcium carbonate 14×
- the calcium 13×
- with calcium 10×
- and calcium 9×
- calcium is 9×
- calcium ions 8×
- as calcium 7×
- calcium hydroxide 6×