neptunium

neptunium
neptunium [nep to͞o′nē əm, neptyo͞o′nē əm ]
n.
[ModL < Neptunus, NEPTUNE + -IUM: so named by MCMILLAN Edwin MattisonEdwin MattisonEdwin MattisonEdwin MattisonEdwin MattisonEdwin Mattison & P. Abelson (1913-2004), U.S. phys i cists, because its at. no. is next after uranium's, as the planet Nep tune is next beyond Uranus]
a silver-colored, radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by bombarding uranium atoms with neutrons: symbol, Np; at. no., 93: see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement

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