different between promethium vs monazite

English

Alternative forms

• prometheum (formerly)

Etymology

1945. From the name of the Greek god Prometheus, who stole the fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?m?'th??m, IPA^(key): /p?o??mi??i?m/

Noun

promethium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.

Synonyms

• (metallic element): (disused) cyclonium, (disused) florentium, (disused) illinium

Derived terms

• promethium chloride
• promethium nitrate

Related terms

• promethea
• promethean
• Prometheus

Translations

Danish

Noun

promethium

1. promethium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

promethium n (uncountable)

1. promethium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?me?.t?i.um/, [p???me?t??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?me.ti.um/, [p???m??t?ium]

Noun

prom?thium n (genitive prom?thi?); second declension

1. promethium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p???me??ð???m]

Noun

promethium n

1. (uncountable) promethium
2. A part of promethium

Inflection

English

Etymology

From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek ?????? (monáz?, “be solitary”).

Noun

monazite (plural monazites)

1. (mineralogy) any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium

Usage notes

The dominant element is denoted by a suffix, e.g. monazite-Ce.