ytterbium meaning

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ytterbium (noun): a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime.

Definition of ytterbium

  1. a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime

    Synonyms: Yb, atomic number 70

    Type of: metallic element

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with YT · words ending in UM · 9-letter words

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