chernobylite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A technogenic crystalline zirconium silicate containing uranium as a solid solution, discovered in the corium produced by the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
noun
  1. A survivor of the Chernobyl disaster.

Word forms

chernobylite Chernobylites

Etymology

From Chernobyl + -ite.

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