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ATOMIC NUMBER 92
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("atomic number 92" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atomic number 92"):
uranium 235 (a uranium isotope with mass number 235; capable of sustaining chain reactions)
uranium 238 (the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239)
Holonyms ("atomic number 92" is a substance of...):
pitchblende; uraninite (a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore)
