uranium
/jʊˈɹeɪniəm//ˌjuː.ˈɹeɪ.ni.əm/
uranium noun: the element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
Noun
uranium (countable and uncountable, plural uraniums or (nonstandard, humorous) urania)
- The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
- The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades.2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN
- An atom of this element.
uranium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
uranium in Hindi
- uranium (element)
- किरणातु kirṇātu, यूरेनियम yūreniyam
uranium in Tamil
- uranium (element)
- அடரியம் aṭariyam, யுரேனியம் yurēṉiyam
uranium in Urdu
- uranium (element)
- یورینیئم yūreniyam
uranium in Bengali
- uranium
- ইউরেনিয়াম iureniẏam
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- uranium in Telugu
- గురుత్వాకర్షణము gurutvākarṣaṇamu
- uranium in Malayalam
- യുറേനിയം
- uranium in Gujarati
- કિરણાતુ kirṇātu
- uranium in Tagalog
- uranyo
- uranium in Arabic
- يُورَانِيُوم yūrāniyūm, أُورَانِيُوم ʔūrāniyūm
- uranium in Malay
- uranium
- uranium in Persian
- اورانیوم orâniyom
- uranium in Thai
- ยูเรเนียม yuu-ree-nîiam
- uranium in Vietnamese
- urani, uran
Examples of uranium in a sentence
- Most inhaled uranium that reaches the lungs is eliminated via mucociliary clearance.
- The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology.
- The facility has the capacity to downblend 5 tonnes of bomb-grade uranium per year.
Forms of uranium
| plural | uraniums |
|---|---|
| plural (nonstandard, humorous) | urania |
Origin of uranium
After Uranus (the planet), + -ium.
Words formed from uranium
- actino-uranium
- althupite
- depleted uranium
- dioxouranium
- diuranium
- eka-uranium
- enriched uranium
- ferrouranium
- highly-enriched uranium
- low-enriched uranium
- natural uranium
- nonuranium
- organouranium
- radiouranium
- slightly enriched uranium
- slightly-enriched uranium
- transuranium
- triuranium
- triuranium octaoxide
- uran-
- uranate
- uraniate
- uranic
- uraniferous
- uranin
- uraninite
- uranious
- uranite
- uranitic
- uranium-232
- uranium-233
- uranium-234
- uranium-235
- uranium-238
- uranium-239
- uranium-240
- uranium acetate
- uraniumaire
- uranium-bloom
- uranium bomb
- uranium borohydride
- uranium dioxide
- uranium fission
- uranium glass
- uranium-green
- uranium hexafluoride
- uranium I
- uranium II
- uranium lead
- uranium-lead dating
- uranium nitrate
- uranium nitride
- uranium-ocher
- uranium-ochre
- uranium-orange
- uranium oxide
- uranium phosphate
- uranium series
- uranium tetrafluoride
- uranium-thorium dating
Phrases with uranium
Words that rhyme with uranium
- cranium
- geranium
- unobtainium
- germanium
- titanium
- basicranium
- dermatocranium
- desmocranium
- ectocranium
- intracranium
- neurocranium
- osteocranium
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Questions about uranium
- What does uranium mean?
- Uranium means the element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
- What is uranium in Hindi?
- Uranium in Hindi is किरणातु (kirṇātu), यूरेनियम (yūreniyam). See Uranium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uranium?
- Uranium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce uranium?
- Uranium is pronounced /ˌjuː.ˈɹeɪ.ni.əm/ (US).
- What is the plural of uranium?
- The plural of uranium is uraniums.
Words near uranium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: uranium (page history and authors); ইউরেনিয়াম (Bengali) (page history and authors); uranium (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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