different between scandium vs pretulite

English

Etymology

From Scandia +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sk?n'd??m, IPA^(key): /?skændi.?m/

Noun

scandium (uncountable)

2. A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.

Synonyms

• eka-boron

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• muscadin

Danish

Alternative forms

• skandium (obsolete)

Noun

scandium

1. scandium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin scandium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?n.di.?m/
• Hyphenation: scan?di?um

Noun

scandium n (uncountable)

1. scandium (chemical element)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??.dj?m/

Noun

scandium m (uncountable)

1. scandium

Descendants

• ? Lingala: sekandu

Further reading

• “scandium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Coined in 1869 by chemist Lars Fredrik Nilson, derived from Scandia (“Scandinavia”) +? -ium (chemical element suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?skan.di.um/, [?s?kän?d?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?skan.di.um/, [?sk?n?d?ium]

Noun

scandium n (genitive scandi?); second declension

1. (New Latin) scandium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) +? -ite.

Noun

pretulite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Pretulite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “pretulite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• tulip tree, tuliptree