uranite

[yoor-uh-nahyt]

noun

Mineralogy.

1. any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.

uranite

/ ˈjʊərəˌnaɪt, ˌjʊərəˈnɪtɪk /

noun

1. any of various minerals containing uranium, esp torbernite or autunite

Other Word Forms

• uranitic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranite¹

From the German word Uranit, dating back to 1785–95. See uranium, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Uranite, ū′ra-nīt, n. a greenish ore of uranium.—adj.

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Thus, helium was discovered in the sun's spectrum by Jansen and isolated from uranite by Ramsay in 1895.

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The magazine of uranite fuel capsules was nearly empty, now, he reflected.

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He clambered back to the rocket, changed the angle of the flaming exhaust, to drive him directly across the path of the object ahead, filled the magazine again with the little pellets of uranite, which were fed automatically into the combustion chamber, and increased the firing rate.

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There was his bill at Millen and Helion, Mars, for uranite and supplies.

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