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BNC: 9391 COCA: 10903

plutonium

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plutonium /pluˈtoʊnijəm/ noun
plutonium
/pluˈtoʊnijəm/
noun
Learner's definition of PLUTONIUM
[noncount]
: a radioactive element that is used to make nuclear energy and nuclear weapons
BNC: 9391 COCA: 10903

plutonium

noun

plu·​to·​ni·​um plü-ˈtō-nē-əm How to pronounce plutonium (audio)
: a radioactive metallic element similar chemically to uranium that is formed as the isotope 239 by decay of neptunium and found in minute quantities in pitchblende, that undergoes slow disintegration with the emission of an alpha particle to form uranium 235, and that is fissionable with slow neutrons to yield atomic energy see Chemical Elements Table

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Second is regulation: Many states make dealing with weed more complex than handling weapons-grade plutonium. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Wildfires that reach the Los Alamos National Laboratory increase the risk, however slightly, of disbursing chemical waste and radionuclides such as plutonium through the air or in the ashes carried away by runoff after a fire. Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2022 Wildfires that reach the Los Alamos National Laboratory increase the risk, however slightly, of disbursing chemical waste and radionuclides such as plutonium through the air or in the ashes carried away by runoff after a fire. Morgan Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022 Jay Coghlan, director of the environmental group Nuclear Watch New Mexico, wants a more thorough evaluation of the lab's current fire risks and questions whether plutonium pit production is appropriate. Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2022 Most notably, in an issue of their first Marvel comic book run, the Joes prevent Cobra from putting plutonium in the Alaska Pipeline. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022 But, beyond plutonium and uranium, what other radioisotopes are at play here? Hart Rapaport, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2022 In Richland, Washington, the US government financed a fleet of nuclear reactors to manufacture plutonium. Jeremi Suri And Clark Miller, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 The center of the site was used to produce plutonium from World War II through the Cold War. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Pluton-, Pluto, the planet Pluto

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plutonium was in 1942
BNC: 9391 COCA: 10903
plutonium

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLUTONIUM | PLUTONIUM + NOUN ADJECTIVEradioactive放射性鈈weapons-grade武器級鈈VERB + PLUTONIUMextract, produce, recover提取鈈;生產鈈;回收鈈one ton of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel從廢核燃料中提取的一噸鈈reprocess再處理鈈the capability to enrich uranium or reprocess plutonium濃縮鈾或再處理鈈的能力PLUTONIUM + NOUNfuel鈈燃料production鈈的生產bomb鈈彈the plane that dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki在長崎市扔下一顆鈈彈的那架飛機

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