NEODYMIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neodymium mean? 

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

1. a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEODYMIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 60; Nd; neodymium

Hypernyms ("neodymium" 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 ("neodymium" is a substance of...):

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

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

 Context examples 

To make the material, the researchers distributed particles of neodymium iron boron and iron oxide into a mixture of shape memory polymers that, once fully incorporated, was molded into various objects designed to evaluate how the material performed in a series of applications.

(Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab, National Science Foundation)