Yb

Yb

The symbol for the element ytterbium.

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Yb

the chemical symbol for

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) ytterbium

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Yb

The symbol for ytterbium.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Yb - a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime atomic number 70, ytterbium metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium monazite - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium xenotime - a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form
	2.	Yb - a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits Ybit, yottabit computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory Zb, Zbit, zettabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits
	3.	YB - a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes yottabyte computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory zettabyte, ZB - a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes
	4.	YB - a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes YiB, yobibyte, yottabyte computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory zebibyte, ZiB, zettabyte, ZB - a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes