"rare earth element" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rare earth elements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=rare earth element}} rare earth element (plural rare earth elements)
  1. (chemistry) Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium. Wikipedia link: rare earth element Categories (topical): Chemistry, Types of chemical element Synonyms: rare-earth element Related terms: rare earth, rare earth metal, rare earth mineral, REE Translations (type of metal): seldsameaardmetaal (Afrikaans), 稀土金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 稀土金属 (xītǔ jīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù) (Chinese Mandarin), harvinainen maametalli (Finnish), terre rare [feminine] (French), Seltenerdmetall [neuter] (German), Metall der Seltenen Erden [neuter] (German), ritkaföldfém [singular] (Hungarian), terra rara [feminine] (Italian), 希土類元素 (kidorui genso) (alt: きどるいげんそ) (Japanese), сирекжер элемент (sirekjer élement) (Kazakh), 희토류 원소 (huitoryu wonso) (alt: 稀土類元素) (Korean), metal ziem rzadkich [masculine] (Polish), редкоземе́льные элеме́нты (redkozemélʹnyje eleménty) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ре́дкие зе́мли (rédkije zémli) [feminine, plural] (Russian), tierras raras [feminine, plural] (Spanish), elemento terrestre insólito [masculine] (Spanish), đất hiếm (Vietnamese), các nguyên tố đất hiếm (Vietnamese)

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