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(n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Uranium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/uranium.html. 1828.
 
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