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URANIUM 238
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239
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Hypernyms ("uranium 238" is a kind of...):
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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