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uranium definition and meaning

n. An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.

Crossword clues for uranium

- Nuclear fuel
- Nuclear fuel found in Nauru? I’m confused
- Radioactive element
- Usually radioactive as norm, initially upon merging
- Yellowcake product