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noun Chemistry.
a colorless compound, Yb2O3, used in certain alloys and ceramics.
Also called ytterbium oxide.
Origin:
1875–80; < Neo-Latin, named after Ytterby, a quarry near Stockholm, Sweden, where found; see -ia
1875–80; < Neo-Latin, named after Ytterby, a quarry near Stockholm, Sweden, where found; see -ia
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Ytterbia
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| ytterbia (ɪˈtɜːbɪə) | |
| —n | |
| another name for ytterbium oxide | |
| [C19: New Latin, named after Ytterby, Swedish quarry where it was discovered] | |
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