Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

    Radium

    ра́дийrádij

    ра́дійrádij

  2. The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

    (countable)An atom of this element.

  3. (countable, dated, uncountable)A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance.

More definitions
  • an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Who discovered radium?

    Хто відкрив радій? — deniko

    ruКто открыл радий? — shanghainese

    deWer hat das Radium entdeckt? — cost

  2. Who was radium discovered by?

    ruКем был открыт радий? — odexed

    deVon wem wurde das Radium entdeckt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are alkaline earth metals.

  4. It was Marie Curie who discovered radium.

    ruРадий открыла Мария Кюри. — Hellerick

    deEs war Marie Curie, die Radium entdeckt hat. — Espi

  5. Actually, I should know it. Wait a minute, let me remember. Exactly! The atomic number of radium is 88.

    ruНа самом деле, это я должен бы знать. Подождите, сейчас вспомню. Точно! Порядковый номер радия - 88. — marafon

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form

Borrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form the names of metallic elements).

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