neodymium
pronunciation
How to pronounce neodymium in British English:
UK [ˌni:əʊˈdɪmiəm]
How to pronounce neodymium in American English:
US [ˌnioʊˈdɪmiəm]
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- Noun:
- a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Neodymium is used in the magnets of motors in electric cars .
- 2. The rare-earth the department of energy seems particularly paranoid about is neodymium .
- 3. The ore monazite can contain different rare-earth minerals important in energy applications , like neodymium .
- 4. And if it does , the need for dysprosium and neodymium will diminish quite a lot .
- 5. Another important metal is neodymium , which is needed for the strong magnets in wind turbines and car batteries .