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polonium

  • noun
  • po·lo·ni·um
  • pəlōʹnēəm

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol ) with atomic number 84.

A kind of

  • metallic element

Related words

  • organopolonium
  • polonate
  • poloniferous
  • eka-polonium
  • polane
  • polonide
  • polonium hydride

Word history

From Medieval Latin "Polonia" (Poland).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “polonium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; 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.