neodymium

English

Chemical element
Nd
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Etymology

From neo- +‎ (di)dymium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪə(ʊ)ˈdɪmɪəm/
• (US) enPR: nēōdĭm'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌniː.oʊˈdɪmiəm/

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Noun

neodymium (countable and uncountable, plural neodymiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 63:

     Other rare elements, like neodymium, exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

• neodymian
• neodymium magnet
• neodymium trichloride

Related terms

• didymium
• praseodymium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: neodimium (af)
• Albanian: neodim
• Arabic: نِيُودِيمْيُوم m (niyudimyum)
• Armenian: նեոդիմ (hy) (neodim)
• Asturian: neodimu (ast) m
• Basque: neodimioa
• Belarusian: неады́м m (njeadým)
• Breton: neodim
• Bulgarian: неоди́м m (neodím)
• Catalan: neodimi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釹／钕 (zh) (nǚ)

• Cornish: neodymyum
• Czech: neodym (cs) m
• Danish: neodym (da) n
• Dutch: neodymium (nl) n
• Esperanto: neodimo (eo)
• Estonian: neodüüm (et)
• Faroese: neodym n
• Finnish: neodyymi (fi)
• French: néodyme (fr) m
• Friulian: neodimi
• Galician: neodimio (gl)
• Georgian: ნეოდიმი (neodimi)
• German: Neodym (de) n
• Greek: νεοδύμιο (el) n (neodýmio)
• Hebrew: ניאודימיום (niodímyum)
• Hindi: आपीतला (āpītlā)
• Hungarian: neodímium (hu)
• Icelandic: neodým
• Irish: neoidimiam m
• Italian: neodimio (it) m
• Japanese: ネオジム (ja) (neojimu)
• Kashubian: neòdim
• Kazakh: неодим (kk) (neodim)
• Khmer: នេអូឌឹម (neiʼoudɨm)
• Korean: 네오디뮴 (ko) (ne'odimyum)
• Latin: neodymium (la)
• Latvian: neodīms
• Lithuanian: neodimis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Neodym
• Macedonian: неодимиум m (neodimium)
• Malay: neodimium
• Maltese: neodimjum
• Manx: neodimmium
• Mongolian: неодим (neodim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neodym (no) n

  Nynorsk: neodym (nn) n

• Polish: neodym (pl) m
• Portuguese: neodímio (pt) m
• Romanian: neodim (ro) n
• Russian: неоди́м (ru) m (neodím)
• Scottish Gaelic: neoidimiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неодиjум m, неодиj m

  Roman: neodijum m, neodij m

• Slovak: neodym m
• Slovene: neodim (sl)
• Spanish: neodimio (es) m
• Swedish: neodym (sv) n
• Tajik: неодим (neodim)
• Tamil: நியோடைமியம் (ta) (niyōṭaimiyam)
• Thai: นีโอดิเมียม (nii-oo-dì-mîiam)
• Turkish: neodim (tr)
• Ukrainian: неоди́м m (neodým)
• Uzbek: neodim (uz), неодим (neodim)
• Vietnamese: neođim
• Volapük: neodümin (vo)
• Welsh: neodymiwm
• West Frisian: neodymium

See also

• bastnasite
• monazite

Danish

Noun

neodymium

1. Alternative form of neodym
   • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     De sjældne jordarter, der findes i Kvanefjeld, neodymium og ...

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   • 1986, Københavns universitet, Årbog:

     Bly- og neodymium-isotopsystemerne har vist sig at give meget vigtige petrogenetiske data, ...

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   • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Kineserne skulle bruge neodymium og dysprosium i elektronik, ...

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   • 2012, Hans P. Steenfos, Jørgen Taagholt, Grønlands teknologihistorie, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Som eksempler kan nævnes lanthan, erbium, dysprosium, lutetium og neodymium.

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   • 2013, Mattias Tesfaye, Kloge hænder, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Tag for eksempel den sjældne jordart neodymium, ...

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Dutch

Chemical element
Nd
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Noun

neodymium n (uncountable)

1. neodymium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.oˈdy.mi.um/, [neɔˈd̪ʏmiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.oˈdi.mi.um/, [neoˈd̪iːmium]

Noun

neodymium n (genitive neodymiī); second declension

1. neodymium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	neodymium	neodymia
Genitive	neodymiī	neodymiōrum
Dative	neodymiō	neodymiīs
Accusative	neodymium	neodymia
Ablative	neodymiō	neodymiīs
Vocative	neodymium	neodymia