Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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thorium | Yes | No | No | No |
thoriate | No | No | Yes | No |
thorium (noun) | thoriate (noun) |
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a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands |
thorium (verb) | thoriate (verb) |
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impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission |