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- [ploo-toh-nee-uh m]
- /pluˈtoʊ ni əm/
- /pluːˈtəʊ.ni.əm/
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- [ploo-toh-nee-uh m]
- /pluˈtoʊ ni əm/
Definitions of plutonium word
- noun plutonium a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94. 1
- noun plutonium radioactive element 1
- uncountable noun plutonium Plutonium is a radioactive element used especially in nuclear weapons and as a fuel in nuclear power stations. 0
- noun plutonium a highly toxic metallic transuranic element. It occurs in trace amounts in uranium ores and is produced in a nuclear reactor by neutron bombardment of uranium-238. The most stable and important isotope, plutonium-239, readily undergoes fission and is used as a reactor fuel in nuclear power stations and in nuclear weapons. Symbol: Pu; atomic no: 94; half-life of 239Pu: 24 360 years; valency: 3, 4, 5, or 6; relative density (alpha modification): 19.84; melting pt: 640°C; boiling pt: 3230°C 0
- noun plutonium a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, found in trace quantities in native uranium ores and produced by bombarding uranium with deuterons: symbol, Pu; at. no., 94: its most important isotope (plutonium-239) is used in nuclear weapons and as a reactor fuel 0
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Origin of plutonium
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45; < Greek Ploútōn Pluto + -ium
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plutonium popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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