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pitchblende

UK/ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/

pitchblende noun: naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.

Noun

pitchblende (countable and uncountable, plural pitchblendes)

  1. Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
    • Working in Paris in 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie processed thousands of pounds of pitchblende from the same glass-factory tailings in order to isolate two radioactive elements that had hitherto been unknown: radium and polonium.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 205

pitchblende meaning in Tamil

pitchblende in Tamil

கரிப்பிசின் மயக்கி

Forms of pitchblende

pluralpitchblendes

Origin of pitchblende

From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”).

Words that rhyme with pitchblende

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Questions about pitchblende

What does pitchblende mean?
Pitchblende means naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
What is pitchblende in Tamil?
Pitchblende in Tamil is கரிப்பிசின் மயக்கி. See Pitchblende meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pitchblende?
Pitchblende is a noun.
How do you pronounce pitchblende?
Pitchblende is pronounced /ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/ (UK).
What is the plural of pitchblende?
The plural of pitchblende is pitchblendes.

Words near pitchblende in the dictionary

  1. pitchable
  2. pitchah
  3. pitchback
  4. pitchbacks
  5. pitchblack
  6. pitchblende
  7. pitchblendes
  8. pitchbook
  9. pitchbooks
  10. pitchcapping
  11. pitched

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitchblende (page history and authors); pitchblende (Tamil 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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