English Dictionary: rare earth |
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rare earth
n 1: any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57
through 71) [syn: {rare earth}, {rare-earth element},
{lanthanoid}, {lanthanide}, {lanthanon}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rare-earth element
- n
- any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57
through 71)
Synonym(s): rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanoid, lanthanide, lanthanon
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rearward
- adv
- at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back";
"tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
Synonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards Antonym(s): forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards
- adj
- located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
Synonym(s): rear(a), rearward(a)
- directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
Synonym(s): rearward, reverse
- n
- direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the
rearward of the tank divisions"
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rearwards
- adv
- at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back";
"tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
Synonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards Antonym(s): forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Rearward \Rear"ward`\, n. [Rear + ward.]
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used
figuratively. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Rearward \Rear"ward\, a. & adv.
At or toward the rear.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Rereward \Rere"ward`\ (r?r"w?rd`), n. [See {Rearward}.]
The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: |
Rereward
(Josh. 6:9), the troops in the rear of an army on the march, the
rear-guard. This word is a corruption of the French
arriere-garde. During the wilderness march the tribe of Dan
formed the rear-guard (Num. 10:25; comp. 1 Sam. 29:2; Isa.
52:12; 58:8).
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