xenotime

See also: Xenotime and xénotime

English

Xenotime

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

Noun

xenotime (countable and uncountable, plural xenotimes)

1. (mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)

Translations

a yellow-brown mineral

• Finnish: ksenotiimi
• German: Xenotim (de) m
• Italian: xenotima f

Italian

Noun

xenotime f

1. plural of xenotima