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scandium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • skăn'dēəm
  • /ˈskændi.əm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A metallic chemical element (symbol Sc), atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sc, atomic number 21

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Scandia Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English scandium From Scandia + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skandium — chemical element
  • Albanian: skandium — chemical element
  • Armenian: սկանդիում (skandium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: escandiu — chemical element
  • Basque: eskandio — chemical element
  • Belarusian: ска́ндый (skándyj) — chemical element
  • Breton: skandiom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: ска́ндий (skándij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: escandi — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鈧 /钪 (kàng) — chemical element
  • Cornish: skandiom — chemical element
  • Czech: skandium — chemical element
  • Danish: skandium — chemical element
  • Dutch: scandium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: skandio — chemical element
  • Estonian: skandium — chemical element
  • Faroese: skandium — chemical element
  • Finnish: skandium — chemical element
  • French: scandium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: scandium — chemical element
  • Friulian: scandi — chemical element
  • Galician: escandio — chemical element
  • Georgian: სკანდიუმი (sḳandiumi) — chemical element
  • German: Skandium — chemical element
  • German: Scandium — chemical element
  • Greek: σκάνδιο (skándio) — chemical element
  • Hawaiian: kaniuma — chemical element
  • Hebrew: סקנדיום (skandium) — chemical element
  • Hindi: स्तोकातु (stokātu) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: szkandium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: skandín — chemical element
  • Interlingua: scandium — chemical element
  • Irish: scaindiam — chemical element
  • Italian: scandio — chemical element
  • Japanese: スカンジウム (sukanjiumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: skónd — chemical element
  • Kazakh: скандий (skandii) — chemical element
  • Khmer: ស្កង់ដ្យូម (skɑngdyoum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 스칸듐 (seukandyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: scandium — chemical element
  • Latvian: skandijs — chemical element
  • Lingala: sekandu class 9a/10a — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: skandis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Skandium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: скандиум (skandium) — chemical element
  • Malay: skandium — chemical element
  • Maltese: skandju — chemical element
  • Manx: scandjum — chemical element
  • Mongolian: сканди (skandi) — chemical element
  • Norwegian Bokmål: scandium — chemical element
  • Occitan: escandi — chemical element
  • Polish: skand — chemical element
  • Portuguese: escândio — chemical element
  • Romanian: scandiu — chemical element
  • Russian: ска́ндий (skándij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: scandium — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: ска̑ндӣј — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: скандиjум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: skȃndīj — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: skandijum — chemical element
  • Slovak: skandium — chemical element
  • Slovene: skandij — chemical element
  • Spanish: escandio — chemical element
  • Swahili: skandi — chemical element
  • Swedish: skandium — chemical element
  • Tajik: skandi' — chemical element
  • Tamil: ஸ்கண்டியம் (skaṇṭiyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: สแคนเดียม (sakhaendiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: skandiyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: ска́ндій (skándij) — chemical element
  • Uyghur: سكاندىي (skandiy) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: skandiy — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: scandi — chemical element
  • Welsh: scandiwm — chemical element