pitchblende en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/ (UK)
Etymology
From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
Working in Paris in 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie processed thousands of pounds of pitchblende from the same glass-factory tailings in order to isolate two radioactive elements that had hitherto been unknown: radium and polonium.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 205:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pitchblendes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
ru смоляна́я обма́нка (a type of uraninite) · fr pechblende (a type of uraninite) · ru ура́новая смо́лка (a type of uraninite) · fi pikivälke (a type of uraninite) · it pechblenda (a type of uraninite) · ru уранини́т (a type of uraninite) · bg пехбленда (a type of uraninite) · bg уранит (a type of uraninite) · de Pechblende (a type of uraninite)