POLONIUM


Meaning of POLONIUM in English

[po.lo.ni.um] n [NL, fr. ML Polonia] (1898): a radioactive metallic element that is similar chemically to tellurium and bismuth, occurs esp. in pitchblende and radium-lead residues, and emits an alpha particle to form an isotope of lead

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