mesothorium

[mez-oh-thawr-ee-uh m, -thohr-, mes-, mee-zoh-, -soh-]

noun Chemistry.

one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.

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British Dictionary definitions for mesothorium

mesothorium

noun

physics obsolete either of the two radioactive elements which are decay products of thorium. Mesothorium I is now called radium-228. Mesothorium II is now called actinium-228

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