Word "THORIUM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
Synonyms:
atomic number 90, th

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Radioactive element with the symbol Th (7)
Soft silvery-white metallic element whose symbol is Th (7)
Hot stuff one added to mixture of hot rum (7)
Soft radioactive metallic element first isolated by Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius in 1828, atomic no. 90 (7)
Radioactive metallic element, symbol Th (7)
Soft silvery-white element; symbol Th Mirror Quiz 19 Jul 2024
Time-honoured donee left 90 periodically (7)
Took him for a tour round the 'hot' metal (7)
Th' periodic trio hum out (7)
Radioactive element, one of two elements named after Norse gods The Times Specialist Sunday 19 Jun 2022
Element named after a Norse god The Washington Post Sunday 28 Nov 2021
Radioactive element used in nuclear reactors — trio hum (anag) The Guardian Quick 12 Oct 2021
Radioactive element The Times Concise 13 May 2020
Radioactive metallic element resembling aluminium The Telegraph General Knowledge 07 Oct 2019
One on hand mostly to protect soldiers against a source of radioactivity
Metal that's an effective radiation shield
Element number 90
Element #90
Element in vacuum tube filaments
Radioactive element no. 90.
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