terbium
/ˈtəːbɪəm
/noun [mass noun]
The chemical element of atomic number 65, a silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. (Symbol: Tb) Green light is also emitted from some lanthanide elements: lanthanum, cerium, and terbium.
Origin
Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Ytterby, the name of a village in Sweden where it was discovered. Compare with erbium and ytterbium.
Rhymes
- pseudohalogen
- pseudo-heart
- pseudohermaphroditism
- pseudohexagonal
- pseudo-homosexual
- pseudo-homosexuality
- pseudohypertrophic
- pseudohypertrophy
- pseudohypoparathyroidism
- pseudo-idea
- pseudo-imago
- pseudo-instruction
- pseudo-intellectual
- pseudoism
- pseudoisochromatic
- pseudo-ixiolite
- pseudokarst
- pseudokarstic
- pseudolabium
- pseudolateral
- pseudoleucocyte
- pseudoleukaemia
- pseudolobar
- pseudologia
- pseudological