Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transuranic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: transuran-ic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an element: lying beyond uranium in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 92.

noun

Any element lying beyond uranium in the periodic table.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English uranic English transuranic From trans- + uranic.

Inflected Forms

transuranics (plural)

Derived Forms

nontransuranic

Phrases

superheavy element synthetic element

Frequently Paired Words

transplutonium transfermium superheavy element synthetic element

Synonyms

TRU

Questions

What does transuranic mean?: Of an element: lying beyond uranium in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 92.
Where does transuranic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English uranic English transuranic From trans- + uranic.

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