What is "ekaboron"

Scandium \Scan"di*um\, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.

alt. (context chemistry English) the name given by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Mendeleev to the predicted element (scandium) lying below boron in the periodic table n. (context chemistry English) the name given by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Mendeleev to the predicted element (scandium) lying below boron in the periodic table