Search Result for "terbium": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite;
[syn: terbium, Tb, atomic number 65]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Terbium \Ter"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) 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 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

terbium n 1: a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite [syn: terbium, Tb, atomic number 65]
The Elements (07Nov00):

terbium Symbol: Tb Atomic number: 65 Atomic weight: 158.924 Silvery metallic element belonging to the lanthanoids. Tb-159 is the only stable isotope, there are seventeen artificial isotopes. Discovered by G.G. Mosander in 1843.