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Definition of uranium - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
nuclear energyTECH. radioactive metal used in nuclear reactorsTECH.
- Uranium is essential for generating nuclear power.
2.
metalTECH. chemical element with symbol U, atomic number 92TECH.
- Uranium is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
Images of uranium
radioactive metal used in nuclear reactors 
chemical element with symbol U, atomic number 92
Expressions with uranium
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uranium used in anti-tank weapons and armaments
The tank was equipped with depleted uranium rounds.
uranium with increased U-235 for nuclear use
Enriched uranium is essential for nuclear power plants.
uranium fuel with uranium-235 moderately increased for controlled nuclear reactor use
The reactor runs on low-enriched uranium loaded into cylindrical fuel rods.
chemical compound UF₆ used in uranium enrichment
Uranium hexafluoride is used in nuclear fuel processing.
place where workers remove rock from the ground to get uranium
The town grew quickly after a large uranium mine opened nearby.
Origin of uranium
Greek, Uranos (sky)
Terms with uranium included in their meaning
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nuclear process
process of increasing the concentration of uranium-235
nuclear material
concentrated uranium powder used to make nuclear fuel
nuclear reactor
structure of uranium for atomic energy
nuclear physics
early nuclear reactor using uranium and graphite
geology
yellowish mineral containing uranium and calcium
mineral
yellow mineral that is an ore of uranium radium and vanadium
acr: depleted uranium
heavy metal used in military weapons
geology
yellow amorphous mineral from uranium weathering
acr: highly-enriched uranium
uranium with a lot of U-235
acr: low-enriched uranium
type of nuclear fuel with less uranium-235
nuclear energy
nuclear power machine using uranium fuel and magnesium alloy covering
nuclear
type of nuclear fuel made from plutonium and uranium
abr: mixed oxide fuel
nuclear fuel made by mixing plutonium and uranium oxides
geology
naturally-occurring uranium oxide mineral, variety of uraninite
rock study
dark, glossy ore containing yttrium, uranium, iron, and other rare elements
geology
mineral with hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium
nuclear engineering
effort needed to separate uranium isotopes for enrichment
nuclear
measure of effort to separate uranium isotopes
chemistry
pertaining to elements with atomic numbers greater than uranium
abr: uranium-235
type of uranium used in nuclear reactors
abr: triuranium octoxide
yellow uranium compound used in nuclear fuel
chemistry
containing uranium in a high valence state
mineral
chief ore of uranium, containing radium and other elements
chemistry
containing uranium in a low valence state
Examples of uranium in a sentence
The discovery of uranium changed the energy industry. Geologists found uranium deposits near the riverbed. The museum displayed a sample of uranium ore.
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- French:uranium, ...
- German:Uran, ...
- Italian:uranio, ...
- Spanish:uranio, elemento uranio, ...
- Portuguese:urânio, ...
- Chinese:铀, ...
- Japanese:ウラン, ...
- Arabic:يُورَانْيُوم, ...
- Hebrew:אוּרָנְיוּם, ...
- Russian:уран, ...
- Ukrainian:уран, хімічний елемент уран, ...
- Hindi:यूरेनियम, परमाणु संख्या 92 वाला धातु, ...
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