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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ytterbium
a rare metallic element forming compounds resembling those of yttrium.

Etymology: (1875–80; < NL, =Ytterb(y) a quarry near Stockholm, Sweden +-ium -ium²)

Definition of 'ytterbium'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70
a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ytterbium
a rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. ytterbium
Ytterbium. An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol Yb, atomic number 70, and atomic weight 173. Ytterbium has been used in lasers and as a portable x-ray source.

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