plutonium
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Pu | |
| Previous: neptunium (Np) | |
| Next: americium (Am) | |
Pronunciation
- enPR: plo͞otō'nēəm, IPA(key): /pluːˈtoʊniəm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
plutonium (usually uncountable, plural plutoniums)
- The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
- 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:
- For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
- (countable, historical) Alternative form of ploutonion
Derived terms
- plutonate
- plutonium bomb
- plutonium dioxide
- plutonium enrichment
- plutonium hydride
- plutonyl
- reactor-grade plutonium
- weapon-grade plutonium
Translations
chemical element
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Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
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| Pu | |
| Previous: neptunium (Np) | |
| Next: amerisium (Am) | |
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈplutoːnɪjum]
- IPA(key): [ˈplutonɪjum]
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplutonium/, [ˈplut̪o̞ˌnium]
- Rhymes: -ium
- Syllabification(key): plu‧to‧ni‧um
Declension
| Inflection of plutonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | plutonium | plutoniumit | ||
| genitive | plutoniumin | plutoniumien | ||
| partitive | plutoniumia | plutoniumeja | ||
| illative | plutoniumiin | plutoniumeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | plutonium | plutoniumit | ||
| accusative | nom. | plutonium | plutoniumit | |
| gen. | plutoniumin | |||
| genitive | plutoniumin | plutoniumien | ||
| partitive | plutoniumia | plutoniumeja | ||
| inessive | plutoniumissa | plutoniumeissa | ||
| elative | plutoniumista | plutoniumeista | ||
| illative | plutoniumiin | plutoniumeihin | ||
| adessive | plutoniumilla | plutoniumeilla | ||
| ablative | plutoniumilta | plutoniumeilta | ||
| allative | plutoniumille | plutoniumeille | ||
| essive | plutoniumina | plutoniumeina | ||
| translative | plutoniumiksi | plutoniumeiksi | ||
| abessive | plutoniumitta | plutoniumeitta | ||
| instructive | — | plutoniumein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “plutonium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply.tɔ.njɔm/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “plutonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pluːˈtoː.ni.um/, [pɫ̪uːˈt̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pluˈto.ni.um/, [pluˈt̪ɔːnium]
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Pu | |
| Previous: neptunium (Np) | |
| Next: amerisium (Am) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plutoniom], [plutoniəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
plutonium n (definite singular plutoniumet) (uncountable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Declension
| Declension of plutonium | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | plutonium | plutoniumet | — | — |
| Genitive | plutoniums | plutoniumets | — | — |
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