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Erbium

//ˈɝ.bi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium wordnet
  3. 3
    A single atom of this element. countable

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.

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