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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ytterbium \Yt*ter"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See
{Erbium}.] (Chem.)
A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with
yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and
gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf.
{Yttrium}.
Note: Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and
probably has not been prepared in a pure state.
资料来源 : WordNet®
ytterbium
n : a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the
lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite
and xenotime [syn: {Yb}, {atomic number 70}]