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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium;
[syn: neptunium, Np, atomic number 93]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Neptunium \Nep*tu"ni*um\, n. [NL.] A radioactive metallic element of atomic number 93, produced in nuclear reactors from Plutonium or Uranium. Symbol Np; The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 237.0482. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

neptunium n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium [syn: neptunium, Np, atomic number 93]
The Elements (07Nov00):

neptunium Symbol: Np Atomic number: 93 Atomic weight: (237) Radioactive metallic transuranic element, belongs to the actinoids. Np-237, the most stable isotope, has a half-life of 2.2*10^6 years and is a by product of nuclear reactors. The other known isotopes have mass numbers 229 through 236, and 238 through 241. Np-236 has a half-life of 5*10^3 years. First produced by Edwin M. McMillan and P.H. Abelson in 1940.