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uranic

1

[ yoo-ran-ik ]

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
  2. containing uranium in a valence state higher than the corresponding uranous compound.


uranic

2

[ yoo-ran-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the heavens; astronomical:

    uranic principles.

uranic

1

/ ʊˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. of or containing uranium, esp in a high valence state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

uranic

2

/ ʊˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. obsolete.
    astronomical or celestial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of uranic1

First recorded in 1830–40; uran(ium) + -ic

Origin of uranic2

1855–60; < Greek ouran ( ó ) heaven + -ic
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of uranic1

C19: from Greek ouranos heaven
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Example Sentences

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Painted just after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his Melancholy Atomic and Uranic Idyll, 1945, has a bomber in it as well as the first Yank baseball player to turn up in a Surrealist picture.

Furthermore, he proved that this had no connection with the phenomenon of phosphorescence, as both uranic and uranous salts were active and the latter show no phosphorescence.

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We give in the following lines the most interesting parts of the two papers of Mr. Burnett: * * * “The next class of processes are dependent on the sensitiveness to light of the salts of uranic oxide or sesquioxide of uranium, U2O3.”

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I have used for the solution of the uranic oxide for this process a variety of acids with very similar results; the sensitiveness of the prepared paper to light varying much, however.

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Uranic nitrate 10 parts Cupric nitrate 2 parts Water 100 parts Float for a minute strong, well-sized paper on this solution and let it dry spontaneously in the dark.

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