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LANTHANOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lanthanoid mean?
• LANTHANOID (noun)
The noun LANTHANOID has 1 sense:
1. any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
Familiarity information: LANTHANOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
lanthanide; lanthanoid; lanthanon; rare-earth element; rare earth
Hypernyms ("lanthanoid" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lanthanoid"):
terbium metal (a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium)
Context examples
The carbonate salt of lanthanum, a silvery white metallic element of the lanthanoids family, with phosphate binding property.
(Lanthanum Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)
A silvery white metallic element that belongs to period 6 of the lanthanoids family, with phosphate binding property.
(Lanthanum, NCI Thesaurus)
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