ALL meanings of gadolinium
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G g - noun gadolinium The chemical element of atomic number 64, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. 1
- noun gadolinium a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64. 1
- noun gadolinium a ductile malleable silvery-white ferromagnetic element of the lanthanide series of metals: occurs principally in monazite and bastnaesite. Symbol: Gd; atomic no: 64; atomic wt: 157.25; valency: 3; relative density: 7.901; melting pt: 1313±°C; boiling pt: 3273°C (approx.) 0
- noun gadolinium a chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, that is highly magnetic at low temperatures, superconductive, and has the highest rate of neutron absorption of any element: symbol, Gd; at. no., 64 0