Definitions for: Terbium

[n] a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

Webster (1913) Definition: Ter"bi*um, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See
Erbium.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification,
supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and
samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb.
Atomic weight 150.

Synonyms: atomic number 65, Tb

See Also: apatite, gadolinite, metal, metallic element, monazite, ytterbite

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