"rare earth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rare earths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rare earth (plural rare earths)
  1. (chemistry) Any of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Types of chemical element Translations (naturally occurring oxide of the lanthanide metals): seldsame aarde (Afrikaans), 稀土 (xītǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), maametallimineraali (Finnish), terre rare [feminine] (French), seltene Erde [feminine] (German), tearcithir [feminine] (Irish), tearc-chré [feminine] (Irish), 希土類 (kidorui) (alt: きどるい) (Japanese), レア・アース (rea-āsu) (Japanese), сирекжер (sirekjer) (Kazakh), 희토류 (huitoryu) (alt: 稀土類) (Korean), ре́дкие зе́мли (rédkije zémli) [feminine, plural] (Russian), tierra rara [feminine] (Spanish), đất hiếm (Vietnamese), prinfwyn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-rare_earth-en-noun-CqLg4HQo Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 68 32 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'naturally occurring oxide of the lanthanide metals': 96 4
  2. a rare earth element Derived forms: rare earth element, rare earth metal, rare earth mineral
    Sense id: en-rare_earth-en-noun-yLLx9xCu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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