dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ura_MW.json
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"Uraricoera":{
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"river about 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in northern Brazil":[]
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"u\u0307-\u02ccr\u00e4r-i-\u02c8kwer-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"Urawa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"former city north of Tokyo in Honshu, Japan, that since 2001 has been part of the city of Saitama":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00fc-\u02c8r\u00e4-w\u00e4"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195727",
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"geographical name"
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"uranyl":{
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"definitions":{
": a divalent radical UO 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The questions\u2014which Cui and his co-authors, including Stephen Chu, fresh from a stint running the Department of Energy aim to answer\u2014are threefold: How much uranyl sticks to the fibers"
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"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin uran ium + International Scientific Vocabulary -yl":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccnil",
"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-n\u1d4al"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uranyl nitrate":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a yellow salt UO 2 (NO 3 ) 2 that is soluble in many organic solvents as well as in water, that is obtained by reaction of uranium oxides with nitric acid, and that is now used chiefly in the purification of uranium and in nuclear reactions":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051140"
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"urare":{
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"definitions":{
": curare":[],
": spiny rat sense 1":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish":"Noun",
"Carib urari":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191537",
"type":[
"noun"
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"urate":{
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"definitions":{
": a salt of uric acid":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The diagnosis is confirmed by identification of monosodium urate crystals in the joint. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from urique uric, from English uric":""
},
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8yu\u0307(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191422",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"urate cell":{
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"definitions":{
": a specialized cell in an insect fat body containing uric acid salts":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105504",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urazine":{
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline compound C 2 H 4 N 4 O 2 that is an amino derivative of urazole":[],
": an isomeric crystalline compound C 2 H 4 N 4 O 2 derived from tetrazine or theoretically as a condensation product of two molecules of urea":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary ur- entry 1 + az- + -ine ; originally formed as German urazin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259\u02ccz\u0113n",
"-z\u0259\u0307n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185319",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urazole":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary ur- entry 1 + az- + -ole , originally formed as German urazol":""
},
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259\u02ccz\u014dl"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013152",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uranium series":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a radioactive series beginning with uranium I of mass number 238 and ending with radium G constituting the nonradioactive isotope of lead of mass number 206: uranium I, at. no. 92\u2192uranium X 1 at. no. 90 (synonym thorium 234)\u2192uranium X 2 , at. no. 91 (syn. protactinium 234)\u2192uranium II, at. no. 92 (syn. uranium 234)\u2192ionium, at. no. 90 (syn. thorium 230)\u2192radium 226, at. no. 88\u2192radon 222, at. no. 86\u2192radium A, at. no. 84 (syn. polonium 218)\u2192radium B, at. no. 82 (syn. lead 214) [or astatine 218]\u2192radium C, at. no. 83 (syn. bismuth 214)\u2192radium C\u2032, at. no. 84 (syn. polonium 214) [or radium C\u2033, at. no. 81 (syn. thallium 210)]\u2192radium D, at. no. 82 (syn. lead 210)\u2192radium E, at. no. 83 (syn. bismuth 210)\u2192radium F, at. no. 84 (syn. polonium 210)\u2192radium G, at. no. 82 (syn. lead 206)":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084535"
},
"uracil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pyrimidine base C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 that is one of the four bases coding genetic information in the polynucleotide chain of RNA \u2014 compare adenine , cytosine , guanine , thymine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259l",
"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccsil, -s\u0259l",
"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccsil"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Maybe an adenine gets swapped with a uracil (a substitution mutation that could also occur with any of the base pairs), or perhaps one or more bases get inserted or deleted. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Feb. 2021",
"In the case of SARS-CoV-2, which has an RNA genome based on adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil , sometimes mistakes happen. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Feb. 2021",
"However, rather than the conventional duo of base pairs, adenine and uracil or cytosine and guanine, the molecules form hexamers, or six-membered rings. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Feb. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary ur- entry 1 + ac etic + -il (substance relating to)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193038"
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"uranium ray":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": becquerel ray":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075736"
},
"uranium tetrafluoride":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a green crystalline nonvolatile compound UF 4 that is usually made from uranium dioxide and hydrogen fluoride above 500\u00b0C or from uranium metal and fluorine and that is used in making uranium hexafluoride":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105407"
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"uranium trioxide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brilliant orange compound UO 3 that is formed in the course of refining uranium and that has been used as a coloring agent for ceramic wares":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-182529"
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"uranium oxide":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": any of a series of oxides of uranium that are usually regarded as definite compounds but are better considered phases with a range of compositions: such as":[],
": the dioxide UO 2 or approximately UO 2.0\u20132.6(?) obtained as a brown to black crystalline powder by heating uranium trioxide or tri-uranium oct-oxide in hydrogen or carbon monoxide and formerly used in gas mantles and in ceramic glazes \u2014 compare uraninite":[],
": the most stable of the oxides U 3 O 8 that occurs in pitchblende, that is obtained as a green to black crystalline compound by treating pitchblende successively with acids, bases, and dilute acids or by igniting other uranium oxides or most other uranium compounds in air, that is reduced to metallic uranium by heating with carbon or aluminum, and that is a primary source of uranium for atomic energy work : tri-uranium oct-oxide":[],
": the trioxide UO 3 that is obtained as a light yellow to orange to brick-red amorphous or crystalline substance usually by heating uranyl nitrate or ammonium di-uranate, that loses oxygen on heating to form tri-uranium oct-oxide, and that is sometimes used as a pigment for green-yellow colors in glass":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202619"
},
"urad":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small-seeded Indian pulse ( Phaseolus radiatus ) resembling the related mung bean and often cultivated as a small grain crop":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8u\u0307r\u0259d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi urd, u\u1e5bad":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000159"
},
"uranium-ocher":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gummite":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094919"
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"uranium nitrate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": uranyl nitrate":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-104446"
},
"uranium yellow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a yellow salt Na 2 U 2 O 7 .6H 2 O used especially formerly in ceramic glazes and fluorescent glass : sodium di-uranate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-104735"
},
"urano-":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see uran-":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120925"
},
"uraeus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a representation of the sacred asp ( Naja haje ) appearing in ancient Egyptian art and especially on the headdress of rulers and serving as a symbol of sovereignty":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a press release the front side of the relief depicts the head of a figure wearing a uraeus , or a cobra crown, a symbol of a pharaoh, though the lower half of the face is missing. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 26 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Late Greek ouraios , a kind of snake":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123621"
},
"uranocircite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O that is a hydrous barium uranium phosphate in yellow-green crystals and is isomorphous with torbernite, autunite, sal\u00e9eite, zeunerite, and uranospinite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u0259\u02ccr\u0101n-",
"\u02ccyu\u0307r\u0259n\u014d\u02c8s\u0259r\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German uranocircit , from uran- entry 2 + Greek kirkos hawk (translation of German falken in Falkenstein , city in central Germany, its locality) + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094617"
},
"uran-":{
"type":[
"combining form",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a monitor lizard":[],
": sky : heaven":[
"urano graphy"
],
": palate":[
"urano plasty",
"brachy uran ic"
],
": uranium":[
"urano thorite",
"ura nyl"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(y)\u0259\u02c8ran"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French ouran, varan , from Arabic waran":"Noun",
"New Latin, from Latin, from Greek ouran-, ourano- , from ouranos sky, heaven, roof of the mouth":"Combining form",
"French, from New Latin uranium":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140249"
},
"uranographer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an expert in or student of uranography":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0259(r)"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153804"
},
"uranospinite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Ca(UO 2 ) 2 (AsO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O that is a hydrous calcium uranium arsenate, occurs in green tabular crystals, and is isomorphous with zeunerite, torbernite, autunite, sal\u00e9eite, and uranocircite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4sp\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German uranospinit , from uran- entry 2 + Greek spinos chaffinch (taken to mean siskin) + German -it -ite; from its color resembling that of the siskin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170122"
},
"Ural":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river 1509 miles (2428 kilometers) long in Russia and Kazakhstan that rises at the southern end of the Ural Mountains and flows south into the Caspian Sea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175312"
},
"uraninite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a black octahedral mineral that consists of an oxide of uranium which usually contains thorium, lead, and rare earth elements and is the chief ore of uranium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-n\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Uranin uraninite (from New Latin uranium ) + English -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190956"
},
"uranium lead":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lead consisting essentially of the isotope of mass number 206 formed as the final product of the uranium series":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000219"
},
"uranography":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the construction of celestial representations (such as maps)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek ouranographia description of the heavens, from ouranos sky + -graphia -graphy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000510"
},
"uranographic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to uranography":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6yu\u0307r\u0259n\u014d\u00a6grafik"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003439"
},
"uranium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of mostly nonfissionable isotopes \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iran is also enriching uranium to as much as 60% purity at another facility, nearing the 90% purity required for nuclear weapons. \u2014 Ben Evansky, Fox News , 21 June 2022",
"Iran is also enriching uranium at Fordow, a facility embedded inside a mountain. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"If nothing goes wrong within the next couple of years, the site will become home to spent uranium fuel rods encased in copper casks for the next 100,000 years. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 14 Mar. 2022",
"These halites form out of sea water and are unlikely to have much uranium in them. \u2014 Don Lincoln, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Part of the plan is finding a solution to remove and safely store 880 tons of highly radioactive uranium fuel. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Iran now has far more uranium than allowed under the deal since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The basic design is conventional, using uranium fuel rods to heat water in an internal, pressurized loop. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 1 Sep. 2020",
"Around July 12, the sodium penetrated into the uranium fuel elements, creating huge quantities of blazing-hot radioactive gases. \u2014 Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads , 19 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Uranus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1797, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012145"
},
"ural-altaic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a postulated language family comprising the Uralic and Altaic languages":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r-\u0259l-al-\u02c8t\u0101-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014617"
},
"uranotantalite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": samarskite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccyu\u0307r\u0259n\u014d\u02c8tant\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German uranotantal uranotantalite (from uran- entry 2 + tantal tantalite) + English -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033617"
},
"uraniferous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": containing uranium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6yu\u0307r\u0259\u00a6nif(\u0259)r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary uran- entry 2 + -iferous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041129"
},
"uranium hexafluoride":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a volatile compound UF 6 of uranium and fluorine that is used in one major process of enriching uranium in uranium 235":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cchek-s\u0259-\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u02cc\u012bd",
"-\u02c8flu\u0307r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020",
"In its long underground halls, centrifuges rapidly spin uranium hexafluoride gas to enrich uranium. \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044954"
},
"uranological":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to uranology":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6yu\u0307r\u0259n\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4j\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
],
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"The centrifuges are used to separate the rare, highly radioactive isotope, uranium 235 , from the less radioactive type, uranium 238. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Increasing the proportion of uranium 235 is known as enrichment. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The centrifuges are used to separate the rare, highly radioactive isotope, uranium 235 , from uranium 238. \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Increasing the proportion of uranium 235 is known as enrichment. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
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": uranium":[],
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"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-",
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"Late Latin, from Greek Ouranos":""
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"probably from (assumed) New Latin uranologia , from New Latin uran- entry 1 + -logia -logy":""
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"noun"
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": a compound [as calcium uranate CaUO 4 or ammonium di-uranate (NH 4 ) 2 U 2 O 7 ] formed by reaction of a uranyl salt with a base or by fusion of uranium trioxide or tri-uranium oct-oxide with a metal chloride":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an isotope of uranium of mass number 238 that is the most stable uranium isotope, that constitutes over 99 percent of natural uranium, that is not fissile but can be used to produce a fissile isotope of plutonium, and that has a half-life of 4.5 billion years":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most of the rest of our planet\u2019s inner warmth now comes from the radionuclides thorium 232 and uranium 238 . \u2014 Marcus Woo, Scientific American , 17 Nov. 2020",
"The centrifuges are used to separate the rare, highly radioactive isotope, uranium 235, from the less radioactive type, uranium 238 . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The centrifuges are used to separate the rare, highly radioactive isotope, uranium 235, from uranium 238 . \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 4 Nov. 2019"
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"plural noun"
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": a mineral (UO 2 ) 6 (SO 4 )(OH) 10 .12H 2 O that is a hydrous basic sulfate of uranium and occurs in yellow velvety incrustations composed of microscopic needlelike crystals":[]
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"German uranopilit , from uran- entry 2 + Greek pilos felt + German -it -ite (hair)":""
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164815"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a person making a fortune from uranium and especially from the discovery of new deposits":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"uranium + -aire (as in millionaire )":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165613"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Ca(UO 2 ) 2 Si 2 O 7 .6H 2 O that is a hydrous uranium calcium silicate, occurs in yellow fibrous masses, and is possibly identical with uranotil (specific gravity 3.81\u20133.90)":[]
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"German uranophan , from uran- entry 2 + -phan -phane":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral that is an intermediate member in the isomorphous series from uraninite to thorianite":[]
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"definitions":{
": uranium oxide sense a":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191336"
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"noun"
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"German uranotil , from uran- entry 2 + Greek tilos fiber":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192510"
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"definitions":{
": the Greek Muse of astronomy":[]
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"Latin, from Greek Ourania":""
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192919"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a fluorescent yellow glass colored by adding uranium compounds":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a uraniferous variety of thorite":[]
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"noun"
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": uranium hexafluoride":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a chart or catalog of celestial bodies and especially of visible fixed stars":[],
": the measurement of the heavens":[]
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