radium

What does radium mean?

radium means "an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores".

How many syllables are in radium?

radium has 3 syllables: ra-di-um. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiəm/.

What is another word for radium?

Close synonyms include Ra, atomic number 88. 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 radium a common word?

radium 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 radium 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.