adjective
- having an atomic number greater than that of uranium (92)
Usage: chemistry; physics
Examples
- Plutonium is a transuranium element with atomic number 94.
- Scientists have created several transuranium elements in laboratories.
- All transuranium elements are radioactive and artificially produced.
- The transuranium elements are located at the bottom of the periodic table.
- Research on transuranium elements has advanced our understanding of atomic structure.
- Neptunium was the first transuranium element to be discovered.