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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
originBorrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was discovered) + -ium. Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.
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