scandium

Definitions

General Science

• noun a rare shiny transition metal used as a tracer, found in wolframite and other minerals

Electronics

• A silvery-white metal whose atomic weight is 21. It is comparatively soft, reacts quickly with most acids, and has over 15 known isotopes, of which one is stable. It is used in semiconductors. Its chemical symbol is Sc.
• chemical symbolSc

Information & Library Science

• abbreviation in Internet addresses, the top-level domain for Seychelles

Publishing

• abbreviation an instruction to the compositor to set text in small capitals, indicated by the copy editor on the manuscript with two lines under the text.

Nearby Definitions of “scandium”

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Contexts for “scandium”

5 definitions in context
• General Science
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Publishing