lu

lu · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (chemistry) The chemical symbol for lutetium, a rare earth element with atomic number 71.

  2. 2.

    Abbreviation for various terms including "logical unit" in computing.

Related words

See also: element, lanthanide, lutetium

Etymology

From Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris, as the element was discovered by scientists in Paris in 1907.