1. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
   "Gadolinium compounds are used as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging";
   - Gd, atomic number 64

Derived forms: gadoliniums

Type of: metal, metallic element

Part of: gadolinite, samarskite, ytterbite

Encyclopedia: Gadolinium