What does rare-earth element mean?

rare-earth element means "any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)".

What is another word for rare-earth element?

Close synonyms include rare earth, lanthanoid, lanthanide, lanthanon. 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 rare-earth element a common word?

rare-earth element 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.

rare-earth element — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
Synonymsrare earth lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon
Broadergroup
Narrowerterbium metal

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