Ru Definition

äryo͝o fôrā-tē-sĭks
abbreviation
Ruth.
Webster's New World

The ccTLD for Russia as assigned by the IANA.

Wiktionary

Abbreviation of Russian.

Wiktionary
noun
An oral drug that can terminate early pregnancy by blocking the action of progesterone.
American Heritage

Mifepristone.

Webster's New World

(pharmacology) The drug mifepristone.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
symbol
Ruthenium.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ru

  • R(oussel) U(CLAF) a French pharmaceutical company that makes it 486 project number

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ru Sentence Examples

  • Fusion with caustic potash converts it into a mixture of potassium ruthenate and ruthenium sesquioxide, Ru 2 0 3, which is a black, almost insoluble powder.

  • An oxide of composition Ru 4 0 9 is obtained as a black hydrated powder when the peroxide is heated with water for some time.

  • Ruthenium sulphate, Ru(S04)2, as obtained by oxidizing the sulphide, is an orange-yellow mass which is deliquescent and dissolves in water, the solution possessing a strongly acid reaction.

  • Thus, at Delphi there was an image of Aphrodite 6rtrupt31a (" Aphrodite of the tomb "), to which the dead were summoned to receive libations; the epithets ru,u i 3capvxos (" grave-digger "), µvxia (" goddess of the depths "), peXacv%s (" the dark one "), the grave of Ariadne-Aphrodite at Amathus, and the myth of Adonis, point in the same direction.

  • Theodoret gives a valuable exposition of his own dogmatic in the fifth book of his Aip€ru s KaKoµueias eircro ii j, already referred to.'

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