Definition of lanthanide Lanthanide

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Noun
lanthanide - any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
		rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanoid, lanthanon
		group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

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lanthanide (Noun)
Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium or from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table ; because their outermost orbitals are empty, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.

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lanthanide
Any of the 15 chemical elements from lanthanum (atomic number 57) to lutetium (atomic number 71) with very similar chemistry.

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The lanthanoid (according to IUPAC terminology) (previously lanthanide) series is made of the 15 elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum to lutetium. All lanthanoids are f-block elements, corresponding to the filling of the 4f electron shell, except for lutetium which is a d-block lanthanoid. The lanthanoid series (Ln) is named after lanthanum.

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lanthanide, noun, singular of lanthanides.

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