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

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Nouns denoting substances

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)

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