urania
IPA: jɝˈeɪniʌ
Root Word: Urania
noun
- (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
- (astronomy) 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.
- (mineralogy) Any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.
- Any moth of genus Urania.
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Examples of "urania" in Sentences
- During his 35-year career, Besmann has developed widely used thermochemical models that accurately predict the behavior of urania and mixed oxide fuels, which are now used in the majority of today's nuclear power plant reactors.
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