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radium
- /ˈɹeɪ.dɪ.əm/ UK
- /ˈɹeɪ.di.əm/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form the names of metallic elements).
noun radiums
- The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal. Madame [Marie] Curie, working with her distinguished husband, isolated and first traced to its true origin the source of the marvellous power which has thus commenced to revolutionise our philosophy of physics. This new element has appropriately been named "Radium;" but it has also been shown that t
- An atom of this element.
- A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance. City retailers are doing well with high-class radiums printed in bright greens, brilliant purples and strong yellows. Such are the high novelties.
verb radiums · radiuming · radiumed
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To treat (a tumour, etc.) with radium.
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Similar: radiumize
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noun chemical element with an atomic number of 88
| Español | radio, radium, rádium |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 라듐 radyum |
| 日本語 | ラジウム rajiumu, ラディウム radiumu |
| 中文 | 鐳 /镭 léi |
| हिन्दी | तेजातु tejātu, रेडियम reḍiyam |
| Português | rádio |
| Français | radium |
| Deutsch | Radium |
| Italiano | radio |
| Ελληνικά | ράδιο rádio |
| Română | radiu |
| Русский | ра́дий rádij |
| Tiếng Việt | rađi |
| العربية | رَادِيُوم rādiyūm |
| עברית | רדיום radiyum |
Talk about this word "radium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/radium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. radium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/radium "radium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/radium.Cite this
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