uranic

¹

[ yoo-ran-ik ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

1. of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
2. containing uranium in a valence state higher than the corresponding uranous compound.

uranic

²

[ yoo-ran-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the heavens; astronomical:

   uranic principles.

uranic

¹

/ jʊˈrænɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing uranium, esp in a high valence state

uranic

²

/ jʊˈrænɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete.
   astronomical or celestial

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranic¹

First recorded in 1830–40; uran(ium) + -ic

Origin of uranic²

1855–60; < Greek ouran ( ós ) heaven + -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranic¹

C19: from Greek ouranos heaven

Example Sentences

Painted just after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his Melancholy Atomic and Uranic Idyll, 1945, has a bomber in it as well as the first Yank baseball player to turn up in a Surrealist picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Furthermore, he proved that this had no connection with the phenomenon of phosphorescence, as both uranic and uranous salts were active and the latter show no phosphorescence.

From Project Gutenberg

We give in the following lines the most interesting parts of the two papers of Mr. Burnett: * * * “The next class of processes are dependent on the sensitiveness to light of the salts of uranic oxide or sesquioxide of uranium, U2O3.”

From Project Gutenberg

I have used for the solution of the uranic oxide for this process a variety of acids with very similar results; the sensitiveness of the prepared paper to light varying much, however.

From Project Gutenberg

Uranic nitrate 10 parts Cupric nitrate 2 parts Water 100 parts Float for a minute strong, well-sized paper on this solution and let it dry spontaneously in the dark.

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