Definitions for scandium

scandium scan·di·um

Spelling: [skan-dee-uh m]
IPA: /ˈskæn di əm/

Scandium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in scandium (acdimnsu).

Definitions for scandium

noun

  1. a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.

Origin of scandium

From New Latin, dating back to 1875-80; See origin at Scandia, -ium

Examples for scandium

Nitrogen has nothing new to show us, all its constituents having appeared in scandium and yttrium.

Its group members, scandium and yttrium, have the same form; we have not examined the fourth; the group is positive.

And there are also scandium oxide molecules making unfamiliar faces at us.

scandium, skan′di-um, n. an element discovered in 1879 in the Scandinavian mineral euxenite.

In 1875 Lecoq de Boisbandram discovered gallium, which filled one of the gaps; scandium and germanium filled the other two later.

The A funnel of vanadium repeats the A funnel of scandium, with the addition of d 20, already studied.

In yttrium, on the proto level, a 110 and b 63 both escape from the funnel, and behave as in scandium.

Other elements are named from countries or localities, as germanium and scandium.

Word Value for scandium
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13

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