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neptunium

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Noun
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nep=tu=ni=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

neptuniumn. [NL.].
     A radioactive metallic element of atomic number 93, produced in nuclear reactors from Plutonium or Uranium. Symbol Np; The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 237.0482.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neptunium, n. Chem. a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced when uranium atoms absorb bombarding neutrons.

Usage
Symb.: Np.
Etymology
NEPTUNE, as the next planet beyond Uranus, + -IUM

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