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Meaning of NEPTUNIUM

Pronunciation:  nep'tooneeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium
 
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 Synonyms: atomic number 93, Np
 
 See Also: metal, metallic element

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Nep*tu"ni*um\, n. [NL.]
A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain
indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as
columbite.
 

 

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