Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ytterbium

1 sense of ytterbium

Sense 1
ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70 -- (a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)