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THORITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thorite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "thorite"):
atomic number 90; Th; thorium (a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands)
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