Associations to the word «Thorium»

Wiktionary

THORIUM, noun. A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90.

Dictionary definition

THORIUM, noun. A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats