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Terbium

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Noun

1. atomic number 65, tb, terbium

a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Terbium

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noun
a soft malleable silvery-grey element of the lanthanide series of metals, occurring in gadolinite and monazite and used in lasers and for doping solid-state devices. Symbol: Tb; atomic no: 65; atomic wt: 158.92534; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 8.230; melting pt: 1356°C; boiling pt: 3230°C

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Terbium

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noun
a soft, silver-gray, ductile chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, found in gadolinite and other minerals: symbol, Tb; at. no., 65
see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement

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Terbium

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n. Symbol Tb
A soft, silvery-gray metallic element of the lanthanide series, extracted chiefly from the mineral monazite, used in high-temperature fuel cells as a stabilizer, in alloys responsive to a magnetic field, and in x-ray machines and lasers. Atomic number 65; atomic weight 158.925; melting point 1,356°C; boiling point 3,230°C; specific gravity 8.230; valence 3, 4. See Periodic Table.

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