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rare earth element

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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  • Afrikaans: seldsameaardmetaal — type of metal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稀土金屬 /稀土金属 (xītǔ jīnshǔ) — type of metal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù) — type of metal
  • Finnish: harvinainen maametalli — type of metal
  • French: terre rare — type of metal
  • Georgian: იშვიათ მიწათა ელემენტი (išviat mic̣ata elemenṭi) — type of metal
  • Georgian: იშვიათ მიწათა ლითონი (išviat mic̣ata litoni) — type of metal
  • German: Seltenerdmetall — type of metal
  • German: Metall der Seltenen Erden — type of metal
  • Hungarian: ritkaföldfém — type of metal
  • Italian: terra rara — type of metal
  • Japanese: 希土類元素 (kidorui genso) — type of metal
  • Kazakh: сирекжер элемент (sirekjer élement) — type of metal
  • Korean: 희토류 원소 (huitoryu wonso) — type of metal
  • Polish: metal ziem rzadkich — type of metal
  • Russian: редкоземе́льные элеме́нты (redkozemélʹnyje eleménty) — type of metal
  • Russian: ре́дкие зе́мли (rédkije zémli) — type of metal
  • Spanish: elemento de tierra rara — type of metal
  • Spanish: elemento térreo raro — type of metal
  • Ukrainian: рідкоземельні метали (ridkozemelʹni metaly) — type of metal
  • Vietnamese: đất hiếm — type of metal
  • Vietnamese: các nguyên tố đất hiếm — type of metal