1. a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead; [syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 91
n 1: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]