AUTUNITE


Meaning of AUTUNITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ō-ˈtə-ˌnīt, ˈȯ-tə- ]

noun

Etymology: Autun, town in France

Date: circa 1852

: a radioactive usually lemon-yellow calcium phosphate mineral that occurs in tabular crystals and in scales and that is an ore of uranium

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