ytterbium

Meanings

Plural: ytterbiums

Noun

a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
A single atom of this element.

Origin / Etymology

From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.

Synonyms

aldebaranium, atomic number 70, neoytterbia, Yb

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