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rare-earth element

rare-earth element is the alternative form of rare earth element.

Meaning of rare earth element

Noun

rare earth element (plural rare earth elements)

  1. Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

Forms of rare-earth element

pluralrare-earth elements

Questions about rare-earth element

What is rare-earth element the alternative form of?
Rare-earth element is the alternative form of rare earth element.

Words near rare-earth element in the dictionary

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  2. rare pepe
  3. rare pepes
  4. rare spring-sedge
  5. rare spring-sedges
  6. rare-earth element
  7. rare-earth elements
  8. rare-ripe
  9. rare-ripes
  10. rarebit
  11. rarebits

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