uranide

English

Noun

uranide (plural uranides)

1. (chemistry) Any of the transuranium elements immediately following uranium in the periodic table.
   • 1834, Conrad Malte-Brun, Principles of Mathematical, Physical and Political Geography, page 198:

     The family of the uranides presents only a single substance put to any use. This is the pechurane or protoxide of uranium used in laboratories for the preparation of the different oxides of this metal.

   • 1964, Nuclear Science Abstracts, volume 18, page 4231:

     It is suggested that the lanthanides should be in the sixth period and uranides in the seventh, divided into uranides (U-Am) and curides (Cm-Lw).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.de/
• Rhymes: -anide
• Hyphenation: u‧rà‧ni‧de

Etymology 1

From uranio (“uranium”) +‎ -ide.

Noun

uranide m (plural uranidi)

1. (chemistry) the transuranium elements immediately following uranium in the periodic table

Related terms

• uranio

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Uraniidae, derived from the name of the genus Urania, derived from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios, “heavenly, celestial”), derived from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).

Noun

uranide m (plural uranidi)

1. (zoology) any member of the Uraniidae taxonomic family of butterflies, swallowtail moths
2. (in the plural) the taxonomic family Uraniidae, swallowtail moths

Further reading

• uranide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana