GADOLINIUM


Meaning of GADOLINIUM in English

/ ˌgædəˈlɪniəm; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( symb Gd ) a chemical element. Gadolinium is a soft silver-white metal.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from gadolinite , named after Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the Finnish mineralogist who first identified it.

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