neodymium

English
Chemical element
Nd
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Etymology

From neo- +‎ (di)dymium.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɪə(ʊ)ˈdɪmɪəm/
  • (US) enPR: nēōdĭm'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˌniː.oʊˈdɪmiəm/
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Noun

neodymium (countable and uncountable, plural neodymiums)

  1. A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 63:
      Other rare elements, like neodymium, exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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Danish

Noun

neodymium

  1. Alternative form of neodym
    • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      De sjældne jordarter, der findes i Kvanefjeld, neodymium og ...
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    • 1986, Københavns universitet, Årbog:
      Bly- og neodymium-isotopsystemerne har vist sig at give meget vigtige petrogenetiske data, ...
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    • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Kineserne skulle bruge neodymium og dysprosium i elektronik, ...
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    • 2012, Hans P. Steenfos; Jørgen Taagholt, Grønlands teknologihistorie, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Som eksempler kan nævnes lanthan, erbium, dysprosium, lutetium og neodymium.
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    • 2013, Mattias Tesfaye, Kloge hænder, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Tag for eksempel den sjældne jordart neodymium, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Dutch
Chemical element
Nd
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Noun

neodymium n (uncountable)

  1. neodymium

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.oˈdy.mi.um/, [neɔˈd̪ʏmiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.oˈdi.mi.um/, [neoˈd̪iːmium]

Noun

neodymium n (genitive neodymiī); second declension

  1. neodymium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative neodymium neodymia
Genitive neodymiī neodymiōrum
Dative neodymiō neodymiīs
Accusative neodymium neodymia
Ablative neodymiō neodymiīs
Vocative neodymium neodymia
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