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erbium

n.
UK //ˈɜːbiəm// er·bium
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Origin

Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was first discovered) + -ium, coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.

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