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Meaning of PRASEODYMIUM

Pronunciation:  `preyzeeow'dimeeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
 
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 Synonyms: atomic number 59, Pr
 
 See Also: bastnaesite, bastnasite, metal, metallic element, monazite

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pra`se*o*dym"i*um\, n. [Praseo- + didymium.]
(Chem.)
An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium;
-- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps.
Atomic weight 143.6.
 
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