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terbium

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ter=bi=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun terbium has 1 sense

terbium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 65, tb - a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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

A rare metallic element, found in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare earths such as ytterbium. Symbol Tb. Atomic number 65. Atomic weight 158.925. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

terbium, n. Chem. a silvery metallic element of the lanthanide series.

Usage

Symb.: Tb.

Etymology

mod.L f. Ytterby in Sweden

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