Thesaurus: scandium

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1. n. A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
2. n. a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
3. A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicated under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44
4. A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence waspredicated under the provisional name ekaboron by means of theperiodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis incertain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It hasnot yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44
5. n:100 n. a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite