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neodymium
noun
neo·dym·i·um
ˌnē-ō-ˈdi-mē-əm
: a silver-white to yellow metallic element of the rare-earth group that is used especially in magnets and lasers see Chemical Elements Table
Examples of neodymium in a Sentence
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Internally, the Beats Pill houses a racetrack-style neodymium woofer and a single neodymium tweeter that together produce mono sound.
—PCMAG, 25 June 2024
The aquatic plant contains the elements platinum and rhodium, along with rare-earth elements like neodymium, lanthanum, yttrium and dysprosium.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 22 May 2024
Phoenix Tailings focuses on extracting neodymium, neodymium-praseodymium alloy, dysprosium, and ferro dysprosium alloy, which are rare earth metals used in permanent magnets for EVs, wind turbines, jet engines and other applications.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2024
It’s powered by neodymium magnetic drivers (which are fairly common in modern headsets), while a new high-bandwidth microphone chipset provides support for 32kHz / 16-bit audio to help keep in-game communications clear.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 14 May 2024
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Word History
Etymology
neo- + (di)dymium, after German Neodym
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
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“Neodymium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neodymium. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
neodymium
noun
neo·dym·i·um
ˌnē-ō-ˈdim-ē-əm
: a silver-white to yellow metallic chemical element see element
Medical Definition
neodymium
noun
neo·dym·i·um
ˌnē-ō-ˈdim-ē-əm
: a yellow metallic element of the rare-earth group
—symbol Nd
see Chemical Elements Table
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