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Of or belonging to cerium; applied to compounds in which cerium combines as a tetrad, as in ceric oxide, CeO2, ceric (or cerium) salts.
Of the nature of Cerium; applied to chemical compounds in which cerium combines as a triad, as in cerous salts; cerous chloride, CeCl3, cerous oxide…