Scandium

[skændiәm]

Definition

(noun.) a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite.

Typist: Miranda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.

Typist: Nathaniel

Definition

n. an element discovered in 1879 in the Scandinavian mineral euxenite.

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