different between yttrium vs yttrotantalite

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.

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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

English

Etymology

yttro- +? tantalite

Noun

yttrotantalite (usually uncountable, plural yttrotantalites)

1. (mineralogy) A brown or black tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium.

Synonyms

• yttrocolumbite