A cewar ƙamus, kalmar "samarium" tana nufin wani sinadari mai alamar "Sm" da lambar atomic 62. Wani abu ne da ba kasafai ake samun kasa ba wanda yake da laushi, launin azurfa-fari, kuma yana cikin lanthanide. jerin abubuwa. Sunan Samarium ne bayan samarskite ma'adinai, wanda aka gano a cikin tsaunin Ural na Rasha. Samarium yana da fa'idodi iri-iri, gami da samar da maganadisu, injin nukiliya, da wasu aikace-aikacen likitanci. Kalmar “samarium” kuma tana iya nufin wani fili ko gishiri da ke ɗauke da samarium a matsayin sinadari.