pitchblende
pronunciation
How to pronounce pitchblende in British English:
UK ['pɪtʃblend]
How to pronounce pitchblende in American English:
US ['pɪtʃˌblend]
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- Noun:
- a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore
Word Origin
- pitchblende (n.)
- also pitch-blende, 1770, a loan-translation of German Pechblende; see pitch (n.2) + blende.