transuranic element

1. 1.

   any element having an atomic number greater than 92 (which is the atomic number of uranium); all are radioactive

   Broaderchemical element

Questions about transuranic element

What does transuranic element mean?

transuranic element means "any element having an atomic number greater than 92 (which is the atomic number of uranium); all are radioactive".

Is transuranic element a common word?

transuranic element 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.