uranide

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English

Noun

uranide (plural uranides)

  1. (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)

  1. (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)

  1. (zoology) any member of the Uraniidae taxonomic family of butterflies, swallowtail moths
  2. (in the plural) the taxonomic family Uraniidae, swallowtail moths

Further reading

  • uranide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana