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Ytterbium

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Noun

HYPHEN

yt=ter=bi=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Ytterbium has 1 sense

ytterbium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 70, yb - a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Ytterbium, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.].

A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium. [1913 Webster]

" Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ytterbium, n. Chem. a silvery metallic element of the lanthanide series occurring naturally as various isotopes.

Usage

Symb.: Yb.

Etymology

mod.L f. Ytterby in Sweden

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