URANIUM : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: URANIUM	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for URANIUM
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uranium n a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons Synonym(s): uranium, U, atomic number 92
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uranium \Ura"nium\, n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See {Uranus}.] (Chem.) 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.
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
uranium Symbol: U Atomic number: 92 Atomic weight: (231) White radioactive metallic element belonging to the actinoids. Three natural isotopes, U-238, U-235 and U-234. Uranium-235 is used as the fuel for nuclear reactors and weapons. Discovered by Martin H. Klaproth in 1789.