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 Definitions of uranium 238  [ʊˈreɪ ni əm]  

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Definition of 'uranium 238' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) uranium 238
the radioactive uranium isotope having a mass number of 238, used chiefly in nuclear reactors as a source of the fissionable isotope plutonium 239.

Etymology:  (1940–45)

Definition of 'uranium 238' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) uranium 238
the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239

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