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Tb

Tb

1 9.8
Chemical symbol for the rare earth metal terbium used in lasers and found in minerals
  • noun
  • Specialized
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Examples

  • Sony's PS4 will probably have a TB integrated.

    Blog text (24)

  • Is it TB? #DOCTOR#

    Fiction book (1995)

  • POTTS does have something to do with Tb, but it has nothing to do with me.

    Blog text (11)

  • A thin layer doped with a few mole-percent Eu or Tb was grown onto the garnet surface, and only that doped layer, just 10 or 20 m thick, was luminescent.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Terbium, represented by the chemical symbol Tb, is essential in the production of lasers.

  • The mineral monazite contains several rare earth elements, including Tb.

  • Researchers are studying the properties of Tb for potential use in advanced optical materials.

Synonyms

terbium
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  • Specialized
1 9.9

A silvery-white metal used in lasers and green screen materials

is the two letter chemical symbol used to represent that metal
atomic number 65
vsTb
  • Specialized
8.9

A metal found in minerals and used in some lasers and glowing materials

is the two letter chemical symbol used to represent that element

Surface Forms

Tb singular
Tbs plural

Etymology

The word Tb is the chemical symbol for the metal terbium, which was named after the Swedish village Ytterby where its minerals were first found, so Tb stands for that rare-earth element on the periodic table.