LANTHANON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lanthanon mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANTHANON (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 ("lanthanon" is a kind of...):

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

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

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