rare earth element

noun

Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

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Meanings

nounrare earth element (plural rare earth elements)

plural rare earth elements · alternative rare-earth element

  1. chemistryAny of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.

Translations

Afrikaans seldsameaardmetaal
  • seldsameaardmetaaltype of metal
Chinese Mandarin 稀土金屬 /稀土金属, 稀土元素
  • 稀土金屬 /稀土金属 (xītǔ jīnshǔ)type of metal
  • 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù)type of metal
Finnish harvinainen maametalli
  • harvinainen maametallitype of metal
French terre rare
  • terre raretype of metal
German Seltenerdmetall, Metall der Seltenen Erden
  • Seltenerdmetalltype of metal
  • Metall der Seltenen Erdentype of metal
Hungarian ritkaföldfém
  • ritkaföldfémtype of metal
Italian terra rara
  • terra raratype of metal
Japanese 希土類元素
  • 希土類元素 (kidorui genso)type of metal
Korean 희토류 원소
  • 희토류 원소 (huitoryu wonso)type of metal
Polish metal ziem rzadkich
  • metal ziem rzadkichtype of metal
Russian редкоземе́льные элеме́нты, ре́дкие зе́мли
  • редкоземе́льные элеме́нты (redkozemélʹnyje eleménty)type of metal
  • ре́дкие зе́мли (rédkije zémli)type of metal
Spanish elemento de tierra rara, elemento térreo raro
  • elemento de tierra raratype of metal
  • elemento térreo rarotype of metal
Ukrainian рідкоземельні метали
  • рідкоземельні метали (ridkozemelʹni metaly)type of metal
Vietnamese đất hiếm, các nguyên tố đất hiếm
  • đất hiếmtype of metal
  • các nguyên tố đất hiếmtype of metal
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APA

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“rare earth element.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rare%20earth%20element. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rare earth element,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rare%20earth%20element.

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