atomic number 62

1. 1.

   a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite

   SynonymssamariumSm

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 62

What does atomic number 62 mean?

atomic number 62 means "a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite".

What is another word for atomic number 62?

Close synonyms include samarium, Sm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 62 a common word?

atomic number 62 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.