URANYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uranyl mean? 

• URANYL (noun)
  The noun URANYL has 1 sense:

1. the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids

  Familiarity information: URANYL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URANYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

uranyl; uranyl group; uranyl radical

Hypernyms ("uranyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Holonyms ("uranyl" is a substance of...):

uranyl nitrate (a yellow salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid)

uranyl oxalate (a salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with oxalic acid)