Lanthanium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lanthanum. UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”), because it had gone long undetected in mineral ores; + -ium (“a chemical element”).

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