ALL meanings of terbium
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T t - noun terbium a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25. 1
- noun terbium a soft malleable silvery-grey element of the lanthanide series of metals, occurring in gadolinite and monazite and used in lasers and for doping solid-state devices. Symbol: Tb; atomic no: 65; atomic wt: 158.92534; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 8.230; melting pt: 1356°C; boiling pt: 3230°C 0
- noun terbium a soft, silver-gray, ductile chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, found in gadolinite and other minerals: symbol, Tb; at. no., 65 0