yttrium

Yttrium dendrites and cube.

Meaning

Noun

A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.

Origin

From Ytterby, a town in Sweden, + .

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