PRASEODYMIUM


Meaning of PRASEODYMIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprā-zē-ō-ˈdi-mē-əm, ˌprā-sē- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of praseodidymium, irregular from Greek prasios, adjective + New Latin didymium didymium

Date: 1885

: a yellowish-white metallic element of the rare-earth group used especially in alloys and in the form of its salts in coloring glass greenish yellow — see element table

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