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depleted uranium

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is a byproduct of uranium enrichment; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties (for example, its high density).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depletalloy

Antonyms: enriched uranium, LEU, low-enriched uranium, HALEU, w:high-assay low-enriched uranium, SEU, slightly enriched uranium, HEU, highly enriched uranium

Broader terms: uranium

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Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يُورَانِيُوم مُنْضَب (yūrāniyūm munḍab) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Arabic: يُورَانِيُوم مُسْتَنْفَد (yūrāniyūm mustanfad) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧化鈾 /贫化铀 (pínhuàyóu) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧鈾 /贫铀 (pínyóu) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Finnish: köyhdytetty uraani — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • French: uranium appauvri — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • German: abgereichertes Uran — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Icelandic: sneytt úran — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Icelandic: rýrt úran — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Italian: uranio impoverito — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Japanese: 劣化ウラン (rekka uran) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Mongolian: ханасан уран (xanasan uran) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠨᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠤᠷᠠᠨ (qanuɣsan uran) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Russian: обеднённый ура́н (obednjónnyj urán) — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Swedish: utarmat uran — uranium that contains reduced U-235
  • Ukrainian: збіднений уран (zbidnenyj uran) — uranium that contains reduced U-235