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GADOLINIA: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gad`o*lin"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Gadolinite}.] (Chem.)
    A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed
    element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides
    of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.
    
  2. \Gad`o*lin"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Gadolinite}.]
    A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide
    ({Gd2O3}) of a metallic element,
    
 

 

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