transuranium

Variant of transuranic

transuranic definition

trans·uranic (trans′yo̵̅o̅ ran′ik, tranz′-)

adjective

designating or of the elements having atomic numbers higher than that of uranium and usually produced by nuclear bombardment, as plutonium
also transuranium trans′·ura′·nium (-rā′nē əm)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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