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uranium-233

uranium-233 noun: a radioactive isotope of uranium, 23392U, having a half-life of about 160,000 years; it is fissile.

Noun

uranium-233 (uncountable)

  1. A radioactive isotope of uranium, 23392U, having a half-life of about 160,000 years; it is fissile.
    • "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand...1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2017...

Questions about uranium-233

What does uranium-233 mean?
Uranium-233 means a radioactive isotope of uranium, 23392U, having a half-life of about 160,000 years; it is fissile.
What part of speech is uranium-233?
Uranium-233 is a noun.

Words near uranium-233 in the dictionary

  1. uranium nitrate
  2. uranium nitride
  3. uranium nitrides
  4. uranium series
  5. uranium trioxide
  6. uranium-233
  7. uranium-234
  8. uranium-235
  9. uranium-238
  10. uraniumaire
  11. uraniumaires

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