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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium;
[syn: lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lutecium \Lu*te"ci*um\, n. (Chem.) same as Lutetium; -- an older spelling. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lutetium \Lu*te"ti*um\, n. (Chem.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. It is a member of the Lanthanide rare earth group. Symbol, Lu; atomic number 71; atomic weight 174.967 [C=12.011]. Previously spelled Lutecium. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lutecium n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium [syn: lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71]