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Definition of Terbium

1. Noun. A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite.

Definition of Terbium

1. n. A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.

Definition of Terbium

1. a metallic element [n -S] : TERBIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Terbium

1. A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150. Origin: NL, fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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