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TRANSURANIC ELEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any element having an atomic number greater than 92 (which is the atomic number of uranium); all are radioactive
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("transuranic element" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)