Meanings
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noun
the linear dioxouranium(VI) cation UO2^2+, a common structural unit in uranium(VI) compounds and complexes
Uranyl nitrate contains the uranyl ion UO2^2+.
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Synonyms
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noun
· the linear dioxouranium(vi)...
uranyl iondioxouranium(VI) ion
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Derived forms
uranylic
Etymology
Formed in nineteenth-century scientific vocabulary from New Latin uranium + -yl, the chemical suffix used for a group treated as a radical. Uranium itself was named after the planet Uranus; uranyl is recorded in English from 1850.