radium
Syllables: rad·i·um/ˈɹeɪ.dɪ.əm//ˈɹeɪ.di.əm/
radium noun: the chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.
Noun
radium (countable and uncountable, plural radiums)
- The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.
- Madame [Marie] Curie, working with her distinguished husband, isolated and first traced to its true origin the source of the marvellous power which has thus commenced to revolutionise our philosophy of physics. This new element has appropriately been named "Radium;" but it has also been shown that...1902, Ernest Howard Adye, “Radio-active Elements”, in Frank Rutley, Mineralogy (Murby’s “Science and Art Department” Series of Text-books), 15th revised and corrected edition, London: Thomas Murby &...
- The persistence of radio-activity on glass vessels which have contained radium is remarkable. Filters, beakers, and dishes used in the laboratory for operations with radium, after having been washed in the usual way, remain radio-active: a piece of blende screen held inside the beaker or other...1903 April 2, William Crookes, “The Emanations of Radium”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume 67, number 1744, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan...
- An atom of this element.
- A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance.
- City retailers are doing well with high-class radiums printed in bright greens, brilliant purples and strong yellows. Such are the high novelties.1913 January 11, “[Dress Fabrics […]] Silks Moving Well: An Excellent Business Assured for the Coming Spring Season”, in Dry Goods Economist, volume 67, number 3575, New York, N.Y.: The Textile...
- In printed silks for outer garments and linings there are crêpe de chines, silk and cotton crêpes, georgettes, radiums and mousselines de soie. [...] [O]n radiums; Japanese print designs, silhouetted with parasols or flowers and shrubs, treated in Japanese style, on dark grounds, are employed....1920 June, “Many Novelties in French Silks”, in C. R. Clifford, editor, The American Silk Journal, volume XXXIX, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Clifford & Lawton, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57, column 2
Verb
radium (third-person singular simple present radiums, present participle radiuming, simple past and past participle radiumed)
- To treat (a tumour, etc.) with radium.
- We want popular verbs for several operations introduced by modern science. The X-rays, the Finsen treatment for lupus, the operation of radium for cancer, and what not—what are the words for these? A man is guillotined or hanged; his leg is amputated; he is trepanned. What is it when he is rayed...1904 June, “Verbs Needed”, in A. H. McQuilkin, editor, The Inland Printer: The Leading Trade Journal of the World in the Printing and Allied Industries, volume XXXIII, number 3, Chicago, Ill.: The...
- The victims thereof [i.e., of rheumatism] are drenched with salicylates and iodides; they are sent to spas to be bombarded by the doucheur and spanked by the masseur; they are subjected to electrical ecstasies and suffer Zander contortions; they are cataphoresed, vaccinated, serummed, radiumed and...1914 April, Leonard Williams, “The Byways of Thyroid Deficiency”, in H. Edwin Lewis, Charles E. Woodruff, editors, American Medicine, volume IX (New Series; volume XX overall), number 4, Burlington...
- Synonyms:
- radiumize
radium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
radium in Hindi
- chemical element with an atomic number of 88
- तेजातु tejātu, रेडियम reḍiyam
radium in Tamil
- chemical element with an atomic number of 88
- கருகன் karukaṉ
radium in Bengali
- রেডিয়াম
radium in Telugu
- radium
- రేడియము rēḍiyamu
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- radium in Malayalam
- വികിരണസ്വഭാവമുള്ള ഒരു ലോഹമൂലകം
- radium in Arabic
- رَادِيُوم rādiyūm
- radium in Persian
- رادیوم râdiyom
- radium in Thai
- เรเดียม ree-dîiam
- radium in Vietnamese
- rađi
- radium in Myanmar
- ရေဒီယမ် rediyam
Examples of radium in a sentence
- This new element has appropriately been named "Radium;" but it has also been shown that there are many other, though less powerful, radio-active elements, details of which are recorded in the sequel.1902, Ernest Howard Adye, “Radio-active Elements”, in Frank Rutley, Mineralogy (Murby’s “Science and Art Department” Series of Text-books)...
- The persistence of radio-activity on glass vessels which have contained radium is remarkable.1903 April 2, William Crookes, “The Emanations of Radium”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume 67, number 1744...
- The object of this work is to determine how the radiums D, E, and F are separated from the substance known as radio-lead by certain chemical reactions.1908, E. H[orton], “General and Physical Chemistry. [Radio-lead. Belá Szilard.]”, in J. C. Cain, editor, Journal of the Chemical Society....
- As for myself, I had to devote again a great deal of time to the preparation of several decigrammes of very pure radium chloride.1923, Marie Curie, “Autobiographical Notes: Marie Curie”, in Charlotte Kellogg, Vernon Kellogg, transl., Pierre Curie, New York, N.Y.: The...
Synonyms of radium
Forms of radium
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | radiums |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | radiums |
| present participle | radiuming |
| past participle | radiumed |
| past | radiumed |
Origin of radium
Borrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form the names of metallic elements).
Words formed from radium
- radiumed
- eka-radium
- nonradium
- radate
- radiferous
- radiobe
- radium A
- radium B
- radium beam
- radium bomb
- radium bromide
- radium burn
- radium C
- radium chloride
- radium clock
- radium C'
- radium C1
- radium C2
- radium D
- radium D1
- radium E
- radium dial
- radium emanation
- radium F
- radium fluoride
- radium G
- Radium Girl
- radium hydroxide
- radium iodide
- radiumise
- radiumize
- radiumization
- radiumizer
- radium jaw
- radiumlike
- radium needle
- radium oxide
- radium plaque
- radium sulfate
- radium sulphate
- radiumtherapy
- radium therapy
- radium water
- radon
- teleradium
Phrases with radium
Questions about radium
- What does radium mean?
- Radium means the chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.
- What is radium in Hindi?
- Radium in Hindi is तेजातु (tejātu), रेडियम (reḍiyam). See Radium meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use radium in a sentence?
- This new element has appropriately been named "Radium;" but it has also been shown that there are many other, though less powerful, radio-active elements, details of which are recorded in the sequel.
- What part of speech is radium?
- Radium can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce radium?
- Radium is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.dɪ.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of radium?
- The plural of radium is radiums.
Words near radium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: radium (page history and authors); radium (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రేడియము (Telugu) (page history and authors); radium (Malayalam 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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