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LANTHANOID

Dictionary entry overview: What does lanthanoid mean?

• LANTHANOID (noun)
The noun LANTHANOID has 1 sense:

1. any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)

Familiarity information: LANTHANOID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LANTHANOID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lanthanide; lanthanoid; lanthanon; rare earth; rare-earth element

Hypernyms ("lanthanoid" is a kind of...):

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lanthanoid"):

terbium metal (a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium)

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