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[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.