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Webster 1913 Edition


Decipium

De-cip′i-um

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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
decipere
to deceive.]
(Chem.)
A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See
Samarium
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