{ Ek″a‐bor′ (ĕk″ȧ‐bōr′), Ek″a‐bo″ron (–bō″rŏn), } n. [G., fr. Skr. ēka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; — so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.