different between ytterbium vs yttrium

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

From Ytterby (literally “outer village”), a town in Sweden, + -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?t'r??m, IPA^(key): /??.t?i.?m/

Noun

yttrium (usually uncountable, plural yttriums)

1. A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• bastnasite

Afrikaans

Noun

yttrium (uncountable)

1. yttrium

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??tr?um]
• Hyphenation: yt?t?rium

Noun

yttrium n

1. yttrium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39)

Declension

Danish

Noun

yttrium n (singular definite yttriummet, not used in plural form)

1. yttrium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.tri.?m/
• Hyphenation: yt?tri?um

Noun

yttrium n (uncountable)

1. yttrium [from mid 19th c.]

Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yt?rium/, [?yt??rium]
• Rhymes: -yt?rium
• Syllabification: ytt?ri?um

Noun

yttrium

1. yttrium

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.t?i.j?m/

Noun

yttrium m (uncountable)

1. yttrium

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?yt.tri.um/, [??t???i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?it.tri.um/, [?it???ium]

Noun

yttrium n (genitive yttri?); second declension

1. yttrium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tr??m/

Noun

yttrium n (uncountable)

1. yttrium

Declension