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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A supposed new chemical element announced by Delafontaine as present in the mineral samars-kite. Its existence has not been confirmed; what was supposed to be its oxid has been shown to be a mixture, probably, for the most part, of terbia and yttria.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.

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  • noun chemistry, obsolete A supposed metallic element obtainable from samarskite, later discovered to be a mixture of yttrium and terbium.

Etymologies

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Philippe +‎ -ium, after Philippe Plantamour of Geneva, Switzerland.

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