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lanthanide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈlænθənaɪd/
  • lăn'thənīd

Etymology

From lanthanium + -ide.

Meanings

  1. Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.
  2. Any of the 14 rare earth elements from lanthanum to ytterbium (lutetium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
  3. (dated) Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium to lutetium (lanthanum having been excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).

Forms

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lanthanides Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lanthanide contraction · nonlanthanide · lanthanide series · radiolanthanide

Relateds

lanthanum · samarium · holmium · europium · gadolinium · thulium · ytterbium · erbium · neodymium · promethium · lutetium · dysprosium · praseodymium · cerium · terbium

Synonyms

lanthanon · lanthanoid · lanthanate · rare-earth element

Translations (17)

es lantánido (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · it lantanide (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · sh lantanoid (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · de Lanthanoid (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · el λανθανίδιο (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · ro lantanidă (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · ru лантано́ид (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · af lantanied (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · ja ランタノイド (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · fi lantanidi (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · is lantaníð (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · is lanþaníð (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · cmn 鑭系元素 /镧系元素 (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · hu lantanoida (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · tr lantanit (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · fr lanthanide (A subset of the rare-earth elements) · fi lantanoidi (A subset of the rare-earth elements)