samarium

Definitions


[səˈmɛːrɪəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the chemical element of atomic number 62, a hard silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series


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Origin:
late 19th century: from samar(skite), a mineral in which its spectrum was first observed (named after Samarsky, a 19th-century Russian official) + -ium




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