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Definition of Gadolinium

1. Noun. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

Definition of Gadolinium

1. n. A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined.

Definition of Gadolinium

1. Noun. a metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Gd) with an atomic number of 64. ¹

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Definition of Gadolinium

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gadolinium

1. A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined. Origin: NL. See Gadolinite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Gadolinium

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)
"Europium is separated from the excess of bismuth magnesium nitrate which is found between the samarium and gadolinium fractions. The bismuth is thrown down ..."

2. The Metals of the Rare Earths by James Frederick Spencer (1919)
"These have been measured by Urbain, and have the values:733 3116-3105, 3060-3057, 3056-3055, and 3054-3050. gadolinium has a very brilliant spark spectrum ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The latter salt now cannes a separation to occur between gadolinium and dysprosium ... In this way. gadolinium is completely freed from terbium, dysprosium, ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"Its presence has been detected in the sun and certain stars.4 gadolinium. Gd = 157-3. 370 This element was discovered in 1880 by ..."

5. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by J[ohn] I[redelle] D[illard] Hinds (1902)
"THE COPPER GROUP. Copper 63. Silver 108. gadolinium ... gadolinium is a rare and recently discovered element which is provisionally placed between silver ..."

6. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by John Iredelle Dillard Hinds (1908)
"gadolinium 1.56. Gold 197. THESE "elements are markedly different from the ... gadolinium is a rare and recently discovered element which is provisionally ..."

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