THORIA

Meaning of THORIA in English

[ 'θɔ:rɪə ]

■ noun Chemistry thorium dioxide, a white refractory solid used in making gas mantles and other materials for high-temperature applications.

Origin

C19: from thorium .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

THORIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from thorium + -a Date: circa 1841 a powdery white oxide of thorium ThO 2 used …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THORIA — ˈthōrēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from thorium + -a : thorium oxide
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORIA — (n.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.
Английский словарь Webster
THORIA — ( n. ) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORIA — /thawr"ee euh, thohr"-/ , n. Chem. a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THORIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from thori um + -a Date: circa 1841 : a powdery white oxide of thorium ThO …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORIA — noun a rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; formerly called also thorina.
Webster English vocab
THORIA — [tho.ria] n [NL, fr. thorium + -a] (ca. 1841): a powdery white oxide of thorium used esp. as a catalyst …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THORIA — n. the oxide of thorium.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THORIA — n. the oxide of thorium.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THORIA — n. the oxide of thorium.
Oxford English vocab
THORIA — электр. окись тория (химическое) окись тория
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THORIA — n хим. окись тория
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THORIA — электр. окись тория
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THORIA — (n) окись тория
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
THORIA — n хим. окись тория
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THORIA — n хим. окись тория
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THORIA — двуокись тория
Англо-Русский физический словарь
THORIA — электр. окись тория (химическое) окись тория
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THORIA — n. Pronunciation: ' tho ̇ r- ē - ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from thori um + -a Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THORIANITE — noun Etymology: irregular from thoria Date: 1904 a strongly radioactive mineral that is an oxide of thorium and often contains …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THORIUM OXIDE — noun or thorium dioxide : a refractory crystalline compund ThO 2 obtained usually as a dense white powder by igniting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORIATE — -ēˌāt transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: thoria + -ate : to impregnate (an electron-tube cathode) with thoria in order …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORIANITE — -ēəˌnīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: thoria + connective -n- + -ite : a strongly radioactive mineral ThO 2 that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORIUM — (n.) A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray …
Английский словарь Webster
EARTH — (n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
Английский словарь Webster
THORIUM — ( n. ) A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EARTH — ( n. ) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WELSBACH BURNER — /welz"bak, -bahk/ ; Ger. /vels"bahkh/ , Trademark. a brand of gaslight consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner on which an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THORIUM — — thoric /thawr"ik, thor"-/ , adj. /thawr"ee euhm, thohr"-/ , n. Chem. a grayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THORITE — /thawr"uyt, thohr"-/ , n. a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THORIANITE — /thawr"ee euh nuyt', thohr"-/ , n. a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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