different between ytterbium vs ytterbian

English

Etymology

From Ytterby (“a town in Sweden”) +? -ium, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t??.bi.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t?.bi.?m/, enPR: ?tûr'b??m
• Hyphenation: yt?terb?ium

Noun

ytterbium (usually uncountable, plural ytterbiums)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
2. A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• aldebaranium (name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, who isolated ytterbium and lutetium from ytterbia around 1907, which was later rejected)
• neoytterbia (former name)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• ytterbium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Noun

ytterbium (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Czech

Etymology

See the English entry ytterbium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t?rb?um]
• Rhymes: -?rb?um
• Hyphenation: yt?ter?bi?um

Noun

ytterbium n

1. ytterbium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 70)

Declension

Derived terms

• ytterbiový

Further reading

• ytterbium in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957

Danish

Noun

ytterbium

1. ytterbium
   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse ?ISBN, page 150

     Men udover disse nyttige anvendelser bruges grundstoffet ytterbium kun ganske lidt.

   • 1985, Fysisk tidsskrift

     ... målt i en serie af ytterbium isotoper^[sic] ...

   • 1996, Forskningsrapport ... fra Statens husdyrbrugsforsøg

     Relative mængder af tørstof og ytterbium (Yb) efter vominkubation

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?t?r.bi.?m/
• Hyphenation: yt?ter?bi?um

Noun

ytterbium n (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Related terms

• yttrium

Finnish

(index yt)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yt?erbium/, [?yt??e?r?bium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification: yt?ter?bi?um

Noun

ytterbium

1. ytterbium

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.t??.bj?m/

Noun

ytterbium m (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /yt?ter.bi.um/, [?t??t??rbi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /it?ter.bi.um/, [it??t??rbium]

Noun

ytterbium n (genitive ytterbi?); second declension

1. ytterbium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

References

• “ytterbium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

References

• “ytterbium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

ytterbium +? -ian

Adjective

ytterbian (comparative more ytterbian, superlative most ytterbian)

1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing ytterbium