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Rare Earth

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Noun

1. lanthanide, lanthanoid, lanthanon, rare earth, rare-earth element

any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rare Earth

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noun

1.

any oxide of a lanthanide

2. Also called: rare-earth element another name for lanthanide

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Rare Earth

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1.

any of certain basic oxides much alike in physical and chemical properties; specif., any of the oxides of the rare-earth elements

2.

any of the rare-earth elements

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rare Earth

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n.

1. Any of various oxides of the rare-earth elements.

2. A rare-earth element.

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