thorium-228

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   radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228

   Synonymsradiothorium

   Broaderthorium

Questions about thorium-228

What does thorium-228 mean?

thorium-228 means "radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228".

How many syllables are in thorium-228?

thorium-228 has 3 syllables: tho-ri-um-228. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for thorium-228?

Close synonyms include radiothorium. 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 thorium-228 a common word?

thorium-228 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.