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English
Noun
uranide (plural uranides)
- (chemistry) Any of the transuranium elements immediately following uranium in the periodic table.
1834, Conrad Malte-Brun, Principles of Mathematical, Physical and Political Geography, page 198:The family of the uranides presents only a single substance put to any use. This is the pechurane or protoxide of uranium used in laboratories for the preparation of the different oxides of this metal.
1964, Nuclear Science Abstracts, volume 18, page 4231:It is suggested that the lanthanides should be in the sixth period and uranides in the seventh, divided into uranides (U-Am) and curides (Cm-Lw).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈra.ni.de/
- Rhymes: -anide
- Hyphenation: u‧rà‧ni‧de
Etymology 1
From uranio (“uranium”) + -ide.
Noun
uranide m (plural uranidi)
- (chemistry) the transuranium elements immediately following uranium in the periodic table
Etymology 2
Borrowed from translingual Uraniidae, derived from the name of the genus Urania, derived from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios, “heavenly, celestial”), derived from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).
Noun
uranide m (plural uranidi)
- (zoology) any member of the Uraniidae taxonomic family of butterflies, swallowtail moths
- (in the plural) the taxonomic family Uraniidae, swallowtail moths
Further reading
- uranide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana