LANTHANIDES Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word lanthanides. (close relations)
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| cerium | nounn | |||||
noun • a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | ||||||
| dysprosium | nounn | |||||
noun • a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic | ||||||
| erbium | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | ||||||
| europium | nounn | |||||
noun • a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | ||||||
| gadolinium | nounn | |||||
noun • a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | ||||||
| holmium | nounn | |||||
noun • a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds | ||||||
| lutetium | nounn | |||||
noun • a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium | ||||||
| neodymium | nounn | |||||
noun • a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium | ||||||
| praseodymium | nounn | |||||
noun • a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process | ||||||
| promethium | nounn | |||||
noun • a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium | ||||||
| samarium | nounn | |||||
noun • a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite | ||||||
| terbium | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite | ||||||
| thulium | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime | ||||||
| ytterbium | nounn | |||||
noun • a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime | ||||||
| lanthanoid | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | ||||||
| lanthanon | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | ||||||
| rare-earth element | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | ||||||
| lanthanum | nounn | |||||
noun • a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth | ||||||
| rare earth | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | ||||||
