protactinium

noun
/ˌpɹəʊ.tækˈtɪn.i.əm/UK/ˌpɹoʊ.tækˈtɪn.i.əm/US

Etymology

From proto- + actinium.

  1. borrowed from actinium
  2. prefixed as protactinium — “proto + actinium

Definitions

  1. A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide…

    A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for protactinium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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