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neptunium

/nɛpˈtjuːniəm/

neptunium noun: the transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.

neptunium: the transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np
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Noun

neptunium (uncountable)

  1. The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

neptunium meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Malay

neptunium in Tamil

chemical element
நெருப்பியம் neruppiyam

neptunium in Bengali

ধাতব মৌলবিশেষ, নেপচুনিয়াম

neptunium in Arabic

chemical element
نِبْتُونِيُوم nibtūniyūm

neptunium in Malay

chemical element
neptunium
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neptunium in Thai
เนปทูเนียม néep-tuu-nîiam
neptunium in Vietnamese
neptuni

Origin of neptunium

After Neptune (the planet), + -ium. The previous element is uranium, named after the previous planet: Uranus.

Words formed from neptunium

Questions about neptunium

What does neptunium mean?
Neptunium means the transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.
What is neptunium in Tamil?
Neptunium in Tamil is நெருப்பியம் (neruppiyam). See Neptunium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neptunium?
Neptunium is a noun.
How do you pronounce neptunium?
Neptunium is pronounced /nɛpˈtjuːniəm/.

Words near neptunium in the dictionary

  1. neptunism
  2. Neptunist
  3. Neptunists
  4. neptunite
  5. neptunites
  6. neptunium
  7. neptunocene
  8. neptunous
  9. Neptunus
  10. Nequatewa
  11. Nequette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neptunium (page history and authors); neptunium (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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