polonium

What does polonium mean?

polonium means "a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor".

How many syllables are in polonium?

polonium has 4 syllables: po-lo-ni-um. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /pəˈloʊniəm/.

What is another word for polonium?

Close synonyms include Po, atomic number 84. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polonium a common word?

polonium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for polonium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.