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Xenotime

Xen′o-time

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ξενότιμοσ
honoring guests or strangers;
ξένοσ
guest, stranger +
τιμή
honor: cf. G.
xenotim
.]
(Min.)
A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.

Definition 2024

Xenotime

Xenotime

See also: xenotime and xénotime

German

Noun

Xenotime m

  1. plural of Xenotim

xenotime

xenotime

See also: Xenotime and xénotime

English

Xenotime

Noun

xenotime ‎(countable and uncountable, plural xenotimes)

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

Translations

Italian

Noun

xenotime f

  1. plural of xenotima

Etymology

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

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