"pitchblende" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/ [UK] Forms: pitchblendes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|Pechblende|}} German Pechblende, {{m|de|Pech||pitch}} Pech (“pitch”), {{m|de|Blende||blende}} Blende (“blende”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pitchblende (countable and uncountable, plural pitchblendes)
  1. (mineralogy) Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals, Radioactivity, Uranium Translations (a type of uraninite): пехбленда (pehblenda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), уранит (uranit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pikivälke (Finnish), pechblende [feminine] (French), Pechblende [feminine] (German), pechblenda [feminine] (Italian), уранини́т (uraninít) [masculine] (Russian), ура́новая смо́лка (uránovaja smólka) [feminine] (Russian), смоляна́я обма́нка (smoljanája obmánka) [feminine] (Russian)

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