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plutonium

  • noun
  • plo͞otō'nēəm

The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

A kind of

  • chemical element

Related words

  • diplutonium
  • nonplutonium
  • organoplutonium
  • plutoniferous
  • transplutonium
  • plutonate
  • plutonium bomb
  • plutonium dioxide
  • plutonium enrichment
  • plutonium hydride
  • plutonium pit
  • plutonyl

Example sentences

  • “Plutonium is hard to come by.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

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This definition is adapted from “plutonium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.