erbium

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Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/(UK)

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/ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/(UK) · /ˈɝ.bi.əm/(US)

Definition of erbium

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
(countable)A single atom of this element.

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was first discovered) + -ium, coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.