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[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]