Dy
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- noun
- /daɪ/
- Specialized
- Scientists are studying the properties of Dy to develop new magnetic materials for advanced technologies.
Examples
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Dy is the chemical symbol for dysprosium, a rare earth element known for its highly magnetic properties.
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Today in our daily lives, we use Native American foods, fabrics, dyes, technology, science, and ideas.
Academic text (1991) -
The results clearly demonstrate that by increasing the agitation speed, the biosorption of dyes from all five samples increased.
Academic text (2015) -
Using her fingers as a palette knife, Aluta spreads the dyes onto the outlined cloth.
Academic text (1991) -
Her cotton dresses with the deep dyes had worn circles at the elbows, the hems beginning to unravel.
Fiction book (1999) -
There were black and red dyes on raffia fibers in hammocks, and on brown-colored decorated wood storage boxes.
Academic text (2007) -
DNA strands tagged with donor and acceptor dyes at either end indicated the transcription rate.
Academic text (2011) -
The textile industry is a substantial consumer of water (Solis et al., 2012), dyes, surfactants, and various other chemicals.
Academic text (2015) -
The element Dy is crucial for creating powerful magnets used in electric motors and data storage devices.
Synonyms
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A metal from the rare earth group used in strong magnets, metal mixes, and nuclear reactors
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dy stands for the element dysprosium, and its name comes from the Greek word dysprositos, which means 'hard to get' and whose part dys- means 'difficult' (as in 'dyslexia'). Scientists gave it this name because it is a rare metal that was hard to separate from others, so remember Dy as a 'hard to get' rare earth often used in strong magnets and lasers.