\Ek"a*bor`\ ([e^]k"[.a]*b[=o]r`), Ekaboron \Ek"a*bo"ron\
(-b[=o]"r[o^]n), n. [G., fr. Skr. [=e]ka one + G. bor, boron,
E. boron.] (Chem.)
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic
law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then
unknown, but since discovered and named {scandium}; -- so
called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group.
See {Scandium}.