Definition of Scandia

1. n. A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Definition of Scandia

1. Proper noun. A poetic name for Scandinavia ¹

2. Noun. scandium oxide ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scandia

1. an oxide of scandium [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scandia

1. A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. Origin: NL. See Scandium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scandia

scandalized
scandalizes
scandalizing
scandalled
scandalling
scandalmonger
scandalmongering
scandalmongers
scandalous
scandalously
scandalousness
scandals
scandalum magnatum
scandent
scandentia
scandia (current term)
scandian
scandias
scandic
scandiobabingtonite
scandium
scandium-45
scandiums
scanger
scangers
scanlate
scanlated
scanlates
scanlating
scanlation

Literary usage of Scandia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"the fused mass gets white and opaque, and finally there remains a white residue of scandia. For analysis the nitrate was thrice re-crystallised and ..."

2. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"THULE = scandia. It has been seen that Pliny (Nat. Hist., iv. 16) apparently separates Norway from Thule; moreover, that Ptolemy (ii. ..."

3. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"THULE = scandia. It has been seen that Pliny (Nat. Hist., iv. 16) apparently separates Norway from Thule; moreover, that Ptolemy (ii. ..."

4. The London Medical Gazette (1851)
"A Swedish vessel, the " scandia," from Lisbon, arrived a few days after the "Brazil,'' anchored next to her, and both being consigned to the same house liad ..."

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