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Definition of 'scandium'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scandium
a gray, trivalent metallic element occurring in certain rare minerals.

Etymology: (< NL Scandia Scandinavia, where it is found)

Definition of 'scandium'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scandium, Sc, atomic number 21
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) scandium
a rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44

Definition of 'scandium'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. scandium
Scandium. An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol Sc, atomic number 21, and atomic weight 45.

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