Meanings
nounsamarium (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA chemical element (symbol Sm) with an atomic number of 62, a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance at high temperatures, which are important in military equipment.
- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
Similar
Smatomic number 62
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
After samarskite, in turn honoring Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans samarium
- samariumchemical element
Arabic سَمَرْيُوم
- سَمَرْيُوم (samaryūm)chemical element
Basque samarioa
- samarioachemical element
Bulgarian сама́рий
- сама́рий (samárij)chemical element
Catalan samari
- samarichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釤 /钐
- 釤 /钐 (shàn)chemical element
Czech samarium
- samariumchemical element
Danish samarium
- samariumchemical element
Dutch samarium
- samariumchemical element
Esperanto samario
- samariochemical element
Estonian samaarium
- samaariumchemical element
Finnish samarium
- samariumchemical element
French samarium
- samariumchemical element
German Samarium
- Samariumchemical element
Greek σαμάριο
- σαμάριο (samário)chemical element
Hebrew סמריום
- סמריום (samáryum)chemical element
Hindi धूसरला
- धूसरला (dhūsarlā)chemical element
Hungarian szamárium
- szamáriumchemical element
Icelandic samarín
- samarínchemical element
Irish samairiam
- samairiamchemical element
Italian samario
- samariochemical element
Japanese サマリウム
- サマリウム (samariumu)chemical element
Korean 사마륨
- 사마륨 (samaryum)chemical element
Latin samarium
- samariumchemical element
Latvian samārijs
- samārijschemical element
Lithuanian samaris
- samarischemical element
Malay samarium
- samariumchemical element
Norwegian samarium
- samariumchemical element
Polish samar
- samarchemical element
Portuguese samário
- samáriochemical element
Romanian samariu
- samariuchemical element
Russian сама́рий
- сама́рий (samárij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic samairiam
- samairiamchemical element
Slovak samárium
- samáriumchemical element
Spanish samario
- samariochemical element
Swedish samarium
- samariumchemical element
Tamil சமேரியம்
- சமேரியம் (camēriyam)chemical element
Thai ซาแมเรียม
- ซาแมเรียม (saa-mɛɛ-rîiam)chemical element
Turkish samaryum
- samaryumchemical element
Ukrainian сама́рій
- сама́рій (samárij)chemical element
Vietnamese samari
- samarichemical element
Welsh samariwm
- samariwmchemical element
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with samarium
herbariumfusariumimaginariumvivariumcolumbariumseaquariumoceanariumarmamentariumacarinariumallylsamariumantiquariumaquaterrariumargentarium-ariumascidiariumaviculariumbalsamariumbullariumbunariumcaldariumcalendariumcalidariumcalvariumcanarium
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
samarium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samarium
MLA
“samarium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samarium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “samarium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samarium.
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