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neo·dym·ium (nē′ō dim′ē əm, nē′ə-)

noun

a silver-colored chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, used in the coloring of glass and in lasers: symbol, Nd; at. no., 60

Etymology: ModL < neodymia, a rare earth (< Gr neos, new + ModL (di)dymium: see didymium) + -ium: so named (1885) by C. A. von Welsbach (see Welsbach burner), from being split from didymium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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