"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 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 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'naturally occurring oxide of the lanthanide metals': 81 19
  2. a rare earth element Categories (topical): Types of chemical element Derived forms: rare earth element, rare earth metal, rare earth mineral
    Sense id: en-rare_earth-en-noun-yLLx9xCu Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83

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