erbium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
A single atom of this element.

Pronunciation

/ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-erbium.wav ûr'bē-əm /ˈɝ.bi.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-erbium.wav

Word forms

erbium erbiums

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was first discovered) + -ium, coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.

Related words

Derived words

dierbium erbate erbian erbium oxide erbium trichloride organoerbium radioerbium

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