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[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]