uranous

[ yoor-uh-nuhs, yoo-rey- ]

adjectiveChemistry.

containing trivalent uranium.

Origin of uranous

First recorded in 1835–45; uran(ium) + -ous

Words Nearby uranous

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How to use uranous in a sentence

uranous salts are converted into uranic by boiling with nitric acid or other oxidising agents.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
In the mean time the French scientist obtained radiations from metallic uranium and from uranous salts.
An Introduction to the History of Science | Walter Libby

British Dictionary definitions for uranous

uranous

/ (ˈjʊərənəs) /

adjective

of or containing uranium, esp in a low valence state

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