"LEU" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LEUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} LEU (countable and uncountable, plural LEUs)
  1. (nuclear) Initialism of low-enriched uranium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: low-enriched uranium Hypernyms: enriched uranium, uranium Coordinate_terms: SEU, HEU, NU, DU
    Sense id: en-LEU-en-noun-en:low_enriched_uranium Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nuclear energy, Uranium Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Nuclear energy: 76 24 Disambiguation of Uranium: 100 0
  2. (train control) Initialism of lineside electronics unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: lineside electronics unit Hypernyms: unit
    Sense id: en-LEU-en-noun-en:lineside_electronics_unit Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (nuclear): HALEU
Disambiguation of 'nuclear': 0 0

Inflected forms

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