gadolinium

Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, +‎ -ium.

• enPR: găd'ə-lĭnʹē-əm; IPA^(key): /ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/

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gadolinium (countable and uncountable, plural gadoliniums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.

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gadolinium (uncountable)

1. gadolinium

After the chemist Johan Gadolin +‎ -ium.

gadolinium n (singular definite gadoliniummet, not used in plural form)

1. gadolinium
   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 138:

     Gadolinium er det bedste stof til at opfange neutroner

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   • 2003, Ny Fysik/kemi 5. Magnetisme Og Menn... G, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 87:

     Som tidligere nævnt kan en magnet foruden jern også tiltrække tre andre grundstoffer, nemlig nikkel, cobalt og gadolinium, ...

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   • 2017, Bill Bryson, En kort historie om næsten alt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Tin klarer lige akkurat at komme ind på top 50-listen, hvor den overskygges af sådanne specialiteter som praseodym, samarium, gadolinium og  ...

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• “gadolinium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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gadolinium n (uncountable)

1. gadolinium

Internationalism (see English gadolinium).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdolinium/, [ˈɡɑ̝do̞ˌlinium]
• Rhymes: -inium
• Syllabification^(key): ga‧do‧li‧ni‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): ga‧do‧li‧ni‧um

gadolinium

1. gadolinium

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.dɔ.li.njɔm/

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gadolinium m (uncountable)

1. gadolinium

• “gadolinium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡa.dɔˈlɪ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡa.d̪oˈliː.ni.um]

gadolinium n (genitive gadoliniī); second declension

1. gadolinium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ʝa˧doː˦ˈli˦ɲɔ˧m]

gadolinium n

1. (uncountable) gadolinium
2. A part of gadolinium

From English gadolinium, from Finnish Gadolin.

• IPA^(key): [ɡadoliniom], [ɡadoliniəm], [ɡɛdoliniəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

gadolinium

1. gadolinium (chemical element)

Named after Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin.

gadolinium n (uncountable)

1. gadolinium

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