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A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance, which are important in various machines with electric motors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Dy, atomic number 66
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
From Ancient Greek δυσπρόσιτος (dusprósitos, “hard to get”) + -ium. Compare also unobtainium.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
disprosium
— chemical element
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Albanian:
disporz
— chemical element
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Arabic:
دِسْبُرُوسِيُوم
(disburūsiyūm)
— chemical element
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Armenian:
դիսպրոզիում
(disprozium)
— chemical element
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Asturian:
disprosiu
— chemical element
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Basque:
disprosioa
— chemical element
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Belarusian:
дыспро́зій
(dysprózij)
— chemical element
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Breton:
disproziom
— chemical element
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Bulgarian:
диспро́сий
(disprósij)
— chemical element
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Catalan:
disprosi
— chemical element
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Chinese Mandarin:
鏑 /镝
(dī)
— chemical element
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Cornish:
dysprosyum
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Czech:
dysprosium
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Danish:
dysprosium
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Dutch:
dysprosium
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Esperanto:
disprozio
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Estonian:
düsproosium
— chemical element
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Faroese:
dysprosium
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Finnish:
dysprosium
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French:
dysprosium
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West-Frisian:
dysprosium
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Friulian:
disprosi
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Galician:
disprosio
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Georgian:
დისპროზიუმი
(disṗroziumi)
— chemical element
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German:
Dysprosium
— chemical element
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Greek:
δυσπρόσιο
(dysprósio)
— chemical element
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Hebrew:
דיספרוסיום
(disprósyum)
— chemical element
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Hindi:
चुम्बला
(cumbalā)
— chemical element
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Hungarian:
diszprózium
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Icelandic:
dysprósín
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Irish:
diospróisiam
— chemical element
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Italian:
disprosio
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Japanese:
ジスプロシウム
(jisupuroshiumu)
— chemical element
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Kashubian:
dispóz
— chemical element
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Kazakh:
диспрозий
(disprozii)
— chemical element
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Khmer:
ឌីសប្រូស្យូម
(diihprousyoum)
— chemical element
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Korean:
디스프로슘
(diseupeurosyum)
— chemical element
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Latin:
dysprosium
— chemical element
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Latvian:
disprozijs
— chemical element
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Lithuanian:
disprozis
— chemical element
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Luxembourgish:
Dysprosium
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Macedonian:
диспрозиум
(disprozium)
— chemical element
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Malay:
disprosium
— chemical element
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Maltese:
disprożjum
— chemical element
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Manx:
dysproshum
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Mongolian:
диспрози
(disprozi)
— chemical element
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Norwegian:
dysprosium
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Polish:
dysproz
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Portuguese:
disprósio
— chemical element
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Romanian:
disprosiu
— chemical element
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Russian:
диспро́зий
(disprózij)
— chemical element
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Scottish Gaelic:
diospròisiam
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
диспрозиjум
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
диспрозиj
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
disprozijum
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
disprozij
— chemical element
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Slovak:
dysprózium
— chemical element
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Slovene:
disprozij
— chemical element
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Spanish:
disprosio
— chemical element
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Swedish:
dysprosium
— chemical element
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Tamil:
டைஸ்புரோக்யம்
(ṭaispurōkyam)
— chemical element
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Thai:
ดิสโพรเซียม
(dís-proo-sîiam)
— chemical element
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Turkish:
disprosyum
— chemical element
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Ukrainian:
диспро́зій
(dysprózij)
— chemical element
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Uzbek:
disproziy
— chemical element
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Uzbek:
диспрозий
(disproziy)
— chemical element
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Vietnamese:
đysprosi
— chemical element
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Vietnamese:
đisprozi
— chemical element
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Volapük:
disprosin
— chemical element
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Welsh:
dysprosiwm
— chemical element