LANTHANOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lanthanoid mean? 

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

1. any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANTHANOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lanthanide; lanthanoid; lanthanon; rare-earth element; rare earth

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

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lanthanoid"):

terbium metal (a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium)

 Context examples 

The carbonate salt of lanthanum, a silvery white metallic element of the lanthanoids family, with phosphate binding property.

(Lanthanum Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)

A silvery white metallic element that belongs to period 6 of the lanthanoids family, with phosphate binding property.

(Lanthanum, NCI Thesaurus)