lanthanide series

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   the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum

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Questions about lanthanide series

What does lanthanide series mean?

lanthanide series means "the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum".

Is lanthanide series a common word?

lanthanide series 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.