"plutonium" in the noun sense
1. plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94
a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
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