1. a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plutonium 239
n 1: a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in
atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by
irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons