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Yt*ter"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.
2. Cf. Yttrium.&hand; Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state.


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1. ytterbium, Yb, atomic_number_70 -- a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime

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