Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radiouranium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dioura-ni-um
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

radioactive uranium.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"In January 1978, a Soviet RTG satellite, Kosmos 954, reentered the atmosphere over Canada and spread radiouranium across parts of that country (Richmond 1989)."
"The determination of radiouranium is discussed in section 12.5.16.8."

Etymology

From radio- + uranium.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: radio

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does radiouranium mean?: radioactive uranium.
Where does radiouranium come from?: From radio- + uranium.

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