rare earth element
noun
Definitions
Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium.
Explore meaning, context, and usage with an online dictionary experience optimized for multilingual workflows.
Try these words
Definitions
Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium.