Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing radium as a constituent.
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- adjective containing
radium
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Examples
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Snapping turtles and painted turtles inhabit the marsh with blue crabs and various other invertebrates, including radiferous protozoans and the larval forms of larger organisms.
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007
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The radiferous minerals are being subjected to very keen study because the presence of radium lends them considerable value.
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The first treatment consists in extracting the radiferous barium and the bismuth containing the polonium.
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The first treatment consists in extracting the radiferous barium and the bismuth containing the polonium.
Radium And The New Concepts In Chemistry: Nobel Lecture 1911
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The radiferous minerals are being subjected to very keen study because the presence of radium lends them considerable value.
Radium And The New Concepts In Chemistry: Nobel Lecture 1911
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