CERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerium mean? 

• CERIUM (noun)
  The noun CERIUM has 1 sense:

1. a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group

  Familiarity information: CERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 58; Ce; cerium

Hypernyms ("cerium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("cerium" is a substance of...):

bastnaesite; bastnasite (a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements)

gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)

monazite (a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium)

Derivation:

cerous (of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3)

 Context examples 

This particular method was developed by a research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and it uses a liquid metal electrocatalyst, containing nanoparticles of the rare-earth metal cerium, to convert the greenhouse gas into a stable, coal-like solid.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)