Meanings
plural transuranium elements
- chemistryAny element having an atomic number greater than that of uranium.
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The main theme of TRL [Transuranium Research Laboratory] research with transuranium elements has been the exploration of a region of the periodic table that is relatively new and inaccessible to most scientists. […] Our research with the heavy elements has extended our knowledge considerably and tested our ideas concerning how the periodic table is constructed.
1983 spring, Richard Hahn, “Life at the End of the Periodic Table”, in Carolyn Krause, editor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review, volume 16, number 2, Oak Ridge, Tenn.: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 超鈾元素 /超铀元素
- 超鈾元素 /超铀元素 (chāoyóu yuánsù)synthetic element
Finnish transuraani
- transuraanisynthetic element
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