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rare earth element

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
rare earth ele-ment
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

Inflected Forms

rare earth elements (plural) rare-earth element (alternative)

Phrases

rare earth rare earth metal rare earth mineral

Frequently Paired Words

rare earth rare earth metal rare earth mineral REE

Questions

What does rare earth element mean?
Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

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