GADOLINIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does gadolinium mean? • GADOLINIUM (noun)
The noun GADOLINIUM has 1 sense:
1. a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
Familiarity information: GADOLINIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GADOLINIUM (noun)
Meaning:
A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
atomic number 64; gadolinium; Gd
Hypernyms ("gadolinium" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("gadolinium" is a substance of...):
gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)
samarskite (a complex black mineral occuring in pegmatites)
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