pitchblende
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pitchblende
1760–70; half translation, half adoption of German Pechblende. See pitch 2, blende
Vocabulary lists containing pitchblende
Example Sentences
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The elements were found in a mineral called pitchblende that released a powerful form of energy.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
They obtained a ton of pitchblende from the Austrian Government, began a long series of crushings, pulverizations, leachings, precipitations, crystallizations with apparatus at which a modern physicist would sneer.
From Time Magazine Archive
In pitchblende, that mineral Pandora's box of exploding elements, they found unmistakable traces: one part in 100,000,000,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
He didn't get it; the big bonus is offered only to those who find a deposit of high-grade ore, such as pitchblende.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rutherford was there to talk about his new disintegration theory of radioactivity, as part of which he brought out his piece of pitchblende.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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