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noun
a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
• Syn: ↑plutonium, ↑atomic number 94
• Hypernyms: ↑chemical element, ↑element
• Hyponyms: ↑plutonium 239
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\\ˈpü\ chiefly Scotland
variant of pull
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Symbol, Chem.
plutonium.
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abbrev
Pick-up
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Pu (no period),
plutonium (chemical element).
PU (no periods),
polyurethane.
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symbol the chemical element plutonium
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pu, pu'Sc. forms of pull.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.