uranin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

uranium +‎ -in, from its yellowish-green fluorescence, resembling that of uranium glass.

Noun[edit]

uranin (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) An alkaline salt of fluorescein, used as a brownish-red dye.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uranin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uranin m inan

  1. uraninite
    Synonyms: smolinec, uraninit

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

  • uranin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • uranin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989