English Explanatory Dictionary

xenotime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)

Word forms

xenotime xenotimes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

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