Xenotime

Xenotime
Xenotime Xen"o*time, n. [Gr. ? honoring guests or strangers; xe`nos guest, stranger + ? honor: cf. G. xenotim.] (Min.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals. [1913 Webster]

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  • xenotime — noun A yellow brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO) …   Wiktionary

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  • xenotime — /ˈzɛnətaɪm/ (say zenuhtuym) noun a mineral, yttrium phosphate, YPO4, often containing cerium, erbium, and thorium, of which it is a source. {French, as if from Greek xenos strange + timē honour; apparently an error for kenotime (Greek kenos empty …  

  • xenotime — noun a brown to yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form • Hypernyms: ↑mineral • Substance Meronyms: ↑thulium, ↑Tm, ↑atomic number 69, ↑ytterbium, ↑Yb, ↑atomic number 70, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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