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ytterbian

ytterbian adjective: containing ytterbium.

Adjective

ytterbian (not comparable)

  1. Containing ytterbium.

Origin of ytterbian

From ytterbium + -ian.

Questions about ytterbian

What does ytterbian mean?
Ytterbian means containing ytterbium.
What part of speech is ytterbian?
Ytterbian is an adjective.

Words near ytterbian in the dictionary

  1. YTS
  2. ytt
  3. ytterbate
  4. ytterbates
  5. ytterbia
  6. ytterbian
  7. ytterbic
  8. ytterbite
  9. ytterbium
  10. ytterbium oxide
  11. ytterbium oxides

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