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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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry, obsolete A supposed
metallic element obtainable fromsamarskite , later discovered to be a mixture ofyttrium andterbium .
Etymologies
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Philippe + -ium, after Philippe Plantamour of Geneva, Switzerland.
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