URANIUM


Meaning of URANIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ yu̇-ˈrā-nē-əm ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: New Latin, from Uranus

Date: circa 1797

: a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of mostly nonfissionable isotopes — see element table

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.