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| has gloss | eng: Decipium was the proposed name for a new chemical element isolated by Marc Delafontaine from the mineral samarskite. He published his discovery in 1878 and a followup paper in 1881. Later it was shown that decipium was a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements. |
| lexicalization | eng: Decipium |
| instance of | (noun) a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite atomic number 62, samarium, Sm |
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