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rare earth elements

rare earth elements is the plural 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.

Questions about rare earth elements

What is rare earth elements the plural of?
Rare earth elements is the plural of rare earth element.

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