Definition of "holmium" []

• A relatively soft, malleable, stable rare-earth element occurring in gadolinite, monazite, and other rare-earth minerals. Atomic number 67; atomic weight 164.930; melting point 1,461°C; boiling point 2,600°C; specific gravity 8.803; valence 3. See Table at element. (noun)

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• "The monopoles reported in September exist only in materials such as holmium titanate and dysprosium titanate, which are known as spin ices/glass."
• "Words like yttrium, holmium, lanthanum, and thulium don't exactly roll off the tongue."
• "SCARLET argon dysprosium erbium holmium lutecium manganese thulium ytterbium"