Element with symbol Yb

• It occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
• Silvery metallic element
• One of the rare earths
• A soft silvery metallic element
• A rare earth of the lanthanide series

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ytterbium is a chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It is the fourteenth and penultimate element in the lanthanide series, which is the basis of the relative stability of its +2 oxidation state . However, like the other lanthanides, its ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Yb) with an atomic number of 70.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ytterbium \Yt*ter"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium .] (Chem.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime [syn: Yb , atomic number 70 ]