radium
The chemical element with an atomic number of 88The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.
» Who discovered radium?
Wer hat das Radium entdeckt?
Кто открыл радий?
Хто відкрив радій?
Meaning
3 senses(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
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.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance.
- an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
Examples
6 sentencesWho discovered radium?
Хто відкрив радій? — deniko
ruКто открыл радий? — shanghainese
deWer hat das Radium entdeckt? — cost
Who was radium discovered by?
ruКем был открыт радий? — odexed
deVon wem wurde das Radium entdeckt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are alkaline earth metals.
It was Marie Curie who discovered radium.
ruРадий открыла Мария Кюри. — Hellerick
deEs war Marie Curie, die Radium entdeckt hat. — Espi
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 formBorrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form the names of metallic elements).
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Forms
plural: radiumsSynonyms
2 synonyms- an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores:Raatomic number 88
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable