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DU

DU is the initialism of depleted uranium.

DU is the alternative form of Dobson unit.

DU is the initialism of University of Denver.

Meaning of depleted uranium

Noun

depleted uranium (uncountable)

  1. Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is a byproduct of uranium enrichment; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties (for example, its high density).
    Synonyms:
    depletalloy

Meaning of Dobson unit

Noun

Dobson unit (plural Dobson units)

  1. A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

Proper noun capitalized: Du

Du

  1. A surname from Chinese

Antonyms of DU

Forms of DU

pluralDUs

Phrases with DU

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Questions about DU

What does DU mean?
DU means a surname from Chinese.
What is DU the initialism of?
DU is the initialism of depleted uranium.
What part of speech is DU?
DU is a proper noun.

Words near DU in the dictionary

  1. DTwP
  2. DTwP vaccine
  3. DTwP vaccines
  4. DTwPs
  5. DTWs
  6. DU
  7. Du Bois
  8. du huo
  9. du jour
  10. du lan
  11. du Maurier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: DU (page history and authors); Du (page history and authors); depleted uranium (page history and authors); Dobson unit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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