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radiouranium

radiouranium noun: radioactive uranium.

Noun

radiouranium (uncountable)

  1. radioactive uranium.
    • The whole story of the line of descent carries us from Uranium through Radiouranium, Uranium X, Ionium, Radium, Emanation, and its successive daughter substances to Polonium, and then (with just a possibility of doubt), to lead.1923, Henry Smith Williams, Exploring the atom, page 185
    • In January 1978, a Soviet RTG satellite, Kosmos 954, reentered the atmosphere over Canada and spread radiouranium across parts of that country (Richmond 1989).2000, Ronald Eisler, Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health Hazards to Humans, Plants, and Animals, Three Volume Set, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 1720

Origin of radiouranium

From radio- + uranium.

Questions about radiouranium

What does radiouranium mean?
Radiouranium means radioactive uranium.
What part of speech is radiouranium?
Radiouranium is a noun.

Words near radiouranium in the dictionary

  1. radiotungsten
  2. radioulna
  3. radioulnae
  4. radioulnar
  5. radiouptake
  6. radiouranium
  7. radious
  8. radiovanadium
  9. radiovirotherapy
  10. radiovision
  11. radiowaste

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