trans|u|ran|ic element

trans|u|ran|ic element
trans|u|ran|ic element «TRANS yu RAN ihk»,
any one of a group of radioactive chemical elements whose atomic numbers are higher than that of uranium (92). The group includes neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, and lawrencium.

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