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Meaning of "actinon" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACTINON

New Latin, from actinium + -on.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACTINON

ˈæktɪˌnɒn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACTINON

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Actinon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACTINON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Radon

Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as an indirect decay product of uranium or thorium. Its most stable isotope, 222Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days. Radon is one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions. It is also the only gas under normal conditions that only has radioactive isotopes, and is considered a health hazard due to its radioactivity. Intense radioactivity has also hindered chemical studies of radon and only a few compounds are known. Radon is formed as one intermediate step in the normal radioactive decay chains, through which thorium and uranium slowly decay into lead. Thorium and uranium are the two most common radioactive elements on earth; they have been around since the earth was formed. Their naturally occurring isotopes have very long half-lives, on the order of billions of years. Thorium and uranium, their decay product radium, and its decay product radon, will therefore continue to occur for tens of millions of years at almost the same concentrations as they do now.

Definition of actinon in the English dictionary

The definition of actinon in the dictionary is a radioisotope of radon that is a decay product of radium. Symbol: An or 219Rn; atomic no: 86; half-life: 3.92s.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACTINON

Agamemnon · Al-Anon · anon · argonon · diazinon · guenon · hebenon · lanthanon · magnon · ninon · olecranon · organon · Parthenon · perispomenon · phonon · properispomenon · Simenon · turn-on · xenon · xoanon

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACTINON

actinoid · actinolite · actinomere · actinometer · actinometric · actinometrical · actinometry · actinomorphic · actinomorphous · actinomorphy · actinomyces · actinomycete · actinomycetous · actinomycin · actinomycosis · actinomycotic · actinopod · actinotherapy · actinouranium · actinozoan

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACTINON

Avignon · bourguignon · Cabernet Sauvignon · cannon · canon · cedar of Lebanon · champignon · chignon · Dungannon · fanon · filet mignon · Lebanon · Lennon · McKinnon · Menon · mignon · phenomenon · rognon · Shannon · tenon

Synonyms and antonyms of actinon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «actinon» into 25 languages

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актинон
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アクチノン
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Actinon
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTINON»

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The Stone of Zoral
We will not avoid the Darkener's clutches forever.” Actinon scrunched his nose in disgust as he emerged from the wormhole. Below him stretched a vast volcanic plain. Lava crisscrossed the tortured, pockmarked land in rivers, the emissions of  ...
Kevin J. Herbst, 2010
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The End of Heroes
A knock sounded on the door to Actinon's Viewing Chamber. "Enter, Zoral," said Actinon, voice deep and strong, but not harsh. A figure in human female form entered, clothed all in white. She crossed the smooth white marble floor toward a  ...
Kevin J. Herbst, 2010
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ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND RADIOCHEMISTRY
The chance of the short-lived thoron or actinon atoms reaching the atmosphere before decay is much less than for the comparatively long-lived radon. Since the primary production ratios for the radon and actinon are fixed by the isotopic ...
‎1961
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Routledge Diccionario Técnico Inglés
... transp mar radioactinium actinismo m Fis, Fis rad, poto actinism actinolita / mineral anfihol actinolite actinometria/Fis, Fis rao, meteo actinometry actinometro m Fis, Fis rao, instr, meteo actinometer actinon m ian) Fis rao, quimica actinon ian ) ...
Routledge, 1997
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The method used to determine alpha-particle activity made no distinction among the radon Rn-222 (radon), Rn-220 (thoron), and Rn-219 (actinon). Using cross- correlation techniques and visual analyses, comparison of the temporal variations ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1982
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
465^476) in interpreting Nier's discrepancies in age for Swedish kolm and several other samples proposed a quantitative explanation for the discordant sequence: the relatively greater diffusion of radon (Rn222) than of actinon ( Rn219), both ...
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Contributions to the Geology of Uranium and Thorium: By the ...
465-476) in interpreting Nier's discrepancies in age for Swedish kolm and several other samples proposed a quantitative explanation for the discordant sequence: the relatively greater diffusion of radon (Rn222) than of actinon ( Rn219), both ...
Lincoln Ridler Page, Harriet B. Smith, 1956
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Essentials of Medical Geology: Revised Edition
(actinon),. 220Rn. (thoron),. and. 222Rn,. which. is. decay chain of 235U (which is only present as 0.7%. commonly called radon. 219Rn (actinon) has a very short halflife of about 3 s and this, together with its occurrence in the Table 11.5 ...
Olle Selinus, Brian Alloway, Jose Centeno, 2013
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
F. acrylamide (coined by lVl. Moureu 1 893, in Bull. ACTINON Soc. Chimique ( Paris) IX. 417): see ACRYI. n., AMIDE The amide of acrylic acid, a toxic, colourless, crystalline solid, CH2=CHCONH2, which readily yields water-soluble polymers.
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Geochemical Remote Sensing of the Sub-Surface
(actinon). is. produced. by. the. 215U. series. Their. noble. gas. configurations make them chemically inert at all conditions prevailing in the surficial environment. At ordinary temperatures Rn is a colourless gas. When cooled below its freezing ...
M. Hale, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTINON»

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Naming radon — and the lessons of protactinium
219Rn has been called actinium emanation (AcEm), exactinio, actineon, akton (Ao), acton, and actinon (An). Finally, the element has been ... «Nature.com, Aug 13»
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