Meaning Of The Word Uranium

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uranium
uncountable noun: Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive metal that is used to produce nuclear energy and weapons.

uranium in American English
a very hard, heavy, silver-colored, radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, found only in combination, chiefly in pitchblende: symbol, U; at. no., 92: an isotope (uranium-235) undergoes neutron-induced fission and another, more plent
noun: a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel in nuclear reactors; at. wt.: 238.03; a

uranium in British English
noun: a radioactive silvery-white metallic element of the actinide series. It occurs in several minerals including pitchblende, carnotite, and autunite and is used chiefly as a source of nuclear energy by fission of the radioisotope uranium-235. Symbol: U; atom

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