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URANINITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uraninite mean? 

URANINITE (noun)
  The noun URANINITE has 1 sense:

1. a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium oreplay

  Familiarity information: URANINITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


URANINITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pitchblende; uraninite

Hypernyms ("uraninite" is a kind of...):

uranium ore (any ore from which uranium can be extracted)

Meronyms (substance of "uraninite"):

atomic number 92; U; uranium (a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons)


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