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xenotime

xenotime noun: a yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄).

xenotime: a yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)
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Noun

xenotime (countable and uncountable, plural xenotimes)

  1. A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)

xenotime meaning in Tamil

xenotime in Tamil

அருந்தனிமங்கள் அடங்கிய கனிம வகை

Forms of xenotime

pluralxenotimes

Origin of xenotime

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

Questions about xenotime

What does xenotime mean?
Xenotime means a yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄).
What is xenotime in Tamil?
Xenotime in Tamil is அருந்தனிமங்கள் அடங்கிய கனிம வகை. See Xenotime meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xenotime?
Xenotime is a noun.
What is the plural of xenotime?
The plural of xenotime is xenotimes.

Words near xenotime in the dictionary

  1. xenotechnology
  2. xenotetrapeptide
  3. xenotetrapeptides
  4. xenotheology
  5. xenotic
  6. xenotime
  7. xenotimes
  8. xenotine
  9. xenotite
  10. xenotolerance
  11. xenotopic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xenotime (page history and authors); xenotime (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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