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erbium

noun

  1. chemical element with atomic number 68
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/ / /ˈɝ.bi.əm/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was discovered) + -ium. Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.

  1. A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
  2. A single atom of this element.