Lutecium \Lu*te"ci*um\, n. (Chem.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. Symbol, Lu; at. wt. 174.0.
lutecium n : a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium [syn: {lutetium}, {Lu}, {atomic number 71}]