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radiouranium en · NOUN

Etymology

From radio- + uranium.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) radioactive uranium.
    • The whole story of the line of descent carries us from Uranium through Radiouranium, Uranium X, Ionium, Radium, Emanation, and its successive daughter substances to Polonium, and then (with just a possibility of doubt), to lead. 1923, Henry Smith Williams, Exploring the atom, page 185:
    • In January 1978, a Soviet RTG satellite, Kosmos 954, reentered the atmosphere over Canada and spread radiouranium across parts of that country (Richmond 1989). 2000, Ronald Eisler, Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health Hazards to Humans, Plants, and Animals, Three Volume Set, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 1720:
    • The determination of radiouranium is discussed in section 12.5.16.8. 2013, T R Crompton, Determination of Metals in Natural and Treated Water, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 744: