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plutonium

noun /plutoʊniəm/ 4 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 13 WWF 19
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noun

a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

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