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rare'-earth' el"ement



Pronunciation: (râr'ûrth'), [key] Chem.
any of a group of closely related metallic elements, comprising the lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium, that are chemically similar by virtue of having the same number of valence electrons. Also called rare'-earth' met"al.

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