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cerium

 

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Noun cerium has 1 sense
  1. cerium, Ce, atomic number 58 - a ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
    --1 is a kind of metallic element, metal
    --1 is a substance of
     monazite; bastnasite, bastnaesite; gadolinite, ytterbite

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Cerium

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: a soft, silvery-white metallic chemical element occurring principally in cerite and monazite. It is used in various alloys, as a catalyst in self-cleaning ovens, and in the mantles of gas lamps.

Example Sentence: The scientist conducted experiments with cerium to study its catalytic properties.

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