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Webster 1913 Edition
Scandium
Scan′di-um
,Noun.
[NL. So called because found in
Scandinavian
minerals.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name
ekaboron
by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.