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1. (n.) erbium
a rare-earth element, having pink salts.
Etymology: (1835–45; < NL, after Ytterby, Sweden, where first found; see -ium2)
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1. (noun) erbium, Er, atomic number 68
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
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1. (noun) Erbium
a rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia
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1. Erbium
Erbium. An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol Er, atomic number 68, and atomic weight 167.26.
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