praseodymium

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praseodymium

  • /ˌpɹeɪzioʊˈdɪmiəm/
  • /ˌpreɪziːəˈdɪmiəm/

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From Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green”) + didymium.

noun praseodymiums

  1. uncountable, usually A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties. But the government also gave MP Materials a decade-long guaranteed price floor for its products, such as the rare earths neodymium-praseodymium, at twice recent market rates (leaving aside the fact prices have soared this week as MP Materials has cut ties with China).

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noun chemical element

Españolpraseodimio
한국어프라세오디뮴 peurase'odimyum
日本語プラセオジム puraseojimu
中文鐠 /镨 pǔ
हिन्दीश्यामला śyāmlā
Portuguêspraseodímio
Françaispraséodyme
DeutschPraseodym
Italianopraseodimio
Ελληνικάπρασεοδύμιο praseodýmio
Românăpraseodim
Русскийпразеоди́м prazeodím
Tiếng Việtprazeođim
العربيةبَرَاسِيُودِيمِيُوم barāsiyūdīmiyūm
עבריתפרסיאודימיום prasiodímyum

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@misc{praseodymium_2026,
  title = {praseodymium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/praseodymium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}