xenotime
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.
Noun
xenotime (countable and uncountable, plural xenotimes)
- (mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO4)
Translations
a yellow-brown mineral
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Italian
Noun
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