# ytterbium
## English
### Etymology

From Ytterby +‎ -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/, /ˈjə.tɚ.bi.əm/, /ˈjɪ.tɚ.bi.əm/, /jəˈtɚ.bi.əm/, /jɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
* Hyphenation: yt‧terb‧ium

### Noun

ytterbium (usually uncountable, plural ytterbiums)
* A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
** 1883, H[enry] Carrington Bolton, “List of New Elements Announced since 1877”, in An Account of the Progress in Chemistry in the Year 1882. [...] From the Smithsonian Report for 1882, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 6:At a meeting of the Russian Chemical Society held October 20, 1881 (and reported in the Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris, for August, 1882), Mendelejeff [Dmitri Mendeleev], the distinguished author of the periodic law, remarked that only two of the recently announced elements—scandium and ytterbium—had been satisfactorily confirmed. These have been obtained in a pure state by [Lars Fredrik] Nilson, and neither of them has absorption spectra.
** 1991, John D. Corbett, “Coproportionation Routes to Reduced Lanthanide Halides”, in G[erd] Meyer, L[ester] R. Morss, editors, Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds (Topics in F-element Chemistry; 2), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 160:The lanthanides samarium, europium and ytterbium possess relatively stable and long-known dispositive states.
** 2006, Robert E. Krebs, “Guide to the Elements”, in The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide, 2nd edition, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 301:Ytterbium is a silvery, soft, malleable, and ductile metal with a lustrous metallic shine. It is slightly reactive in air or water at room temperatures. Ytterbium is located next to last of the rare-earths in the lanthanide series.
** 2015, E. A. Abou Neel, V. Salih, J. C. Knowles, “Phosphate-based Glasses”, in Paul Ducheyne, editor, Comprehensive Biomaterials, volumes I (Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric Biomaterials), Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 289:Microstructural optical fibers have been developed that have utilized phosphate-based glasses due to their ability to solubilize rare earth components such as ytterbium, which give the fibers their high light absorption and amplification per unit length.
* A single atom of this element.

#### Synonyms

* aldebaranium (name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, who isolated ytterbium and lutetium from ytterbia around 1907, which was later rejected)
* neoytterbia (former name)

#### Derived terms

* diytterbium trioxide
* ytterbia
* ytterbic
* ytterbium oxide
* ytterbium trichloride

#### Related terms

* erbium
* neoytterbia
* terbium
* ytter
* ytterbite
* ytterite
* yttria
* yttrium

#### Translations
### Further reading

* ytterbium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ytterbium (uncountable)
* ytterbium

## Czech
### Etymology

See the English entry ytterbium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪtɛrbɪjum]
* Rhymes: -ɛrbɪum
* Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

### Noun

ytterbium n
* ytterbium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 70)

#### Derived terms

* ytterbiový

### Further reading

* “ytterbium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

## Danish
### Etymology

From Swedish Ytterby +‎ -ium.

### Noun

ytterbium n (singular definite ytterbiummet, not used in plural form)
* ytterbium
** 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 150:Men udover disse nyttige anvendelser bruges grundstoffet ytterbium kun ganske lidt.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1985, Fysisk tidsskrift:... målt i en serie af ytterbium isotoper ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1996, Forskningsrapport ... fra Statens husdyrbrugsforsøg:Relative mængder af tørstof og ytterbium (Yb) efter vominkubation(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### References

* “ytterbium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌiˈtɛr.bi.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

### Noun

ytterbium n (uncountable)
* ytterbium

#### Related terms

* yttrium

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English ytterbium).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈytːerbium/, [ˈyt̪ːe̞rˌbium]
* Rhymes: -ium
* Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

### Noun

ytterbium
* ytterbium

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ytterbium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ytterbiumini
accusative
nom.
ytterbiumini
gen.
ytterbiumini
genitive
ytterbiumini
partitive
ytterbiumiani
inessive
ytterbiumissani
elative
ytterbiumistani
illative
ytterbiumiini
adessive
ytterbiumillani
ablative
ytterbiumiltani
allative
ytterbiumilleni
essive
ytterbiuminani
translative
ytterbiumikseni
abessive
ytterbiumittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ytterbiumisi
accusative
nom.
ytterbiumisi
gen.
ytterbiumisi
genitive
ytterbiumisi
partitive
ytterbiumiasi
inessive
ytterbiumissasi
elative
ytterbiumistasi
illative
ytterbiumiisi
adessive
ytterbiumillasi
ablative
ytterbiumiltasi
allative
ytterbiumillesi
essive
ytterbiuminasi
translative
ytterbiumiksesi
abessive
ytterbiumittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ytterbiumimme
accusative
nom.
ytterbiumimme
gen.
ytterbiumimme
genitive
ytterbiumimme
partitive
ytterbiumiamme
inessive
ytterbiumissamme
elative
ytterbiumistamme
illative
ytterbiumiimme
adessive
ytterbiumillamme
ablative
ytterbiumiltamme
allative
ytterbiumillemme
essive
ytterbiuminamme
translative
ytterbiumiksemme
abessive
ytterbiumittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ytterbiuminne
accusative
nom.
ytterbiuminne
gen.
ytterbiuminne
genitive
ytterbiuminne
partitive
ytterbiumianne
inessive
ytterbiumissanne
elative
ytterbiumistanne
illative
ytterbiumiinne
adessive
ytterbiumillanne
ablative
ytterbiumiltanne
allative
ytterbiumillenne
essive
ytterbiuminanne
translative
ytterbiumiksenne
abessive
ytterbiumittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ytterbiuminsa
accusative
nom.
ytterbiuminsa
gen.
ytterbiuminsa
genitive
ytterbiuminsa
partitive
ytterbiumiaan ytterbiumiansa
inessive
ytterbiumissaan ytterbiumissansa
elative
ytterbiumistaan ytterbiumistansa
illative
ytterbiumiinsa
adessive
ytterbiumillaan ytterbiumillansa
ablative
ytterbiumiltaan ytterbiumiltansa
allative
ytterbiumilleen ytterbiumillensa
essive
ytterbiuminaan ytterbiuminansa
translative
ytterbiumikseen ytterbiumiksensa
abessive
ytterbiumittaan ytterbiumittansa
instructive
comitative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.tɛʁ.bjɔm/

### Noun

ytterbium m (uncountable)
* ytterbium

### Further reading

* “ytterbium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ytˈter.bi.um/, [ʏt̪ˈt̪ɛrbiʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /itˈter.bi.um/, [it̪ˈt̪ɛrbium]

### Noun

ytterbium n (genitive ytterbiī); second declension
* ytterbium

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

### Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)
* ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

### References

* “ytterbium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

### Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)
* ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

### References

* “ytterbium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Noun

ytterbium n
* ytterbium

#### Declension
### References

* ytterbium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ytterbium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ytterbium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH