urano-comb. form¹

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin ūrano-; Greek οὐρανο-.

Etymology: < (i) classical Latin ūrano- (in e.g. ūranoscopos uranoscopus n.) and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek οὐρανο-, combining form (in e.g. οὐρανομήκης high as heaven) of οὐρανός sky, heaven, roof of the mouth, palate, of uncertain origin. Compare post-classical Latin uranus vault of heaven (4th or 5th cent.), roof of the mouth, palate (4th cent.). In sense 2 after French urano- (in uranoplastie uranoplasty n.); compare earlier uranisco- comb. form.Earliest in the late 16th cent. in the apparent native formation uranoscopy n. (and also, as an etymological element, in the borrowed fish name uranoscopus n.). Subsequently found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin words in the 17th cent., and from the end of the 17th cent. or early 18th cent. in further probable native formations, as uranologer n., uranolatry n. at sense 1.

1. Forming terms relating to the heavens or to celestial objects.

† uranognosy n. Obsolete rare (in Jeremy Bentham's terminology) the description of celestial objects, astronomy; cf. uranography n. 2.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun]

astronomyc1275

astrology1656

uranoscopy1666

uranology1735

uranognosya1832

a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 286/2 By Uranography, or, still better, by Uranognosy, rather than Astronomy, may that branch of Topography, taken in its largest sense, which remains after the substraction of Geography be designated.

† uranolatry n. Obsolete the worship or veneration of celestial objects.

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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies

star worship1572

Sabaism1669

astrolatry1678

uranolatry1706

Sabianism1788

uranotheism1801

Atenism1925

planetolatrya1963

1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. vi. 102/1 Their eldest Idolatry was Uranolatry, Cosmolatry, Astrolatry, as appeareth from the Jove of the eldest times.

1877 W. H. Rule Oriental Rec., Mon. 6 Uranolatry was grown into a system, and the Chaldean or Babylonian astronomy had become a science.

uranomania n.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈmeɪniə/

rare the delusion that one is of divine or celestial origin.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion

lycanthropy1584

cynanthropy1594

hob-thrush1658

wolf-madness1663

syphilomania1815

hippanthropy1847

zoanthropy1856

boanthropy1864

megalomania1885

plutomania1890

uranomania1890

micromania1892

delusions of grandeur1909

omnipotence1916

nihilism1927

apophenia1959

apophany1960

sundowner1974

sundowning1978

1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 723 Uranomania, monomania involving the idea of a divine or celestial origin or connection; a species of megalomania.

1920 E. Saltus Imperial Orgy x. 231 Instead was a derangement, clinically known as uranomania. A dwarf fancied himself divine.

† uranopathy n. Obsolete emotional or sentimental responsiveness to celestial phenomena.Apparently an isolated use.

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1868 W. Cory Jrnl. 3 Sept. in Extracts Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 246 That crenopathy and uranopathy, that yielding of ourselves to running water and to still clouds.

† uranophotography n. [after French uranophotographie (1890 or earlier)] Obsolete rare photography of the sky or heavens.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] > astrophotography

astrophotography1857

uranophotography1896

1896 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Dict. Photogr. 304 Urano-photography, the photography of celestial spaces.

1898 A. T. Story Story Photogr. viii. 81 A general principle established as regards uranophotography, in 1885, by Dr. Hugo Schrœder.

† uranophotometer n. [after German Uranophotometer (H. Wild 1876, in Bull. de l'Acad. Imp. des Sci. de St Pétersbourg 21 315/1)] Obsolete rare a device for measuring the intensity of the diffuse light of the sky.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > observational instruments > [noun] > sky

cyanometer1829

uranophotometer1876

1876 Nature 21 Dec. 170/1 The diffuse light of the sky..has recently been a subject of study by M. Wild,..who has endeavoured to measure it with a somewhat complicated instrument devised by him and named a ‘uranophotometer’.

† uranotheism n. [after German Uranotheismus (1799 or earlier)] Obsolete rare the worship of celestial objects and phenomena.

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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies

star worship1572

Sabaism1669

astrolatry1678

uranolatry1706

Sabianism1788

uranotheism1801

Atenism1925

planetolatrya1963

1801 Monthly Mag. 11 646/2 Uranotheism, or the worship of sun, moon, thunder, and meteors.

2. Surgery and Medicine. Forming words relating to surgical procedures performed on or medical conditions affecting the palate, esp. the hard palate, as uranorrhaphy, uranoschisis, etc.See also earlier uranoplastic n. and uranoplasty n.

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1886 Med. News 13 Nov. 559/2 A new diagnostic sign of imbecility.—Dr. Giné, of Barcelona, has published..an article on what he terms ‘phrenopathic uranostomatoscopy’.

1896 20th Cent. Pract. Med. 6 162 An uranostaphylorrhaphy will remove, after ablation of the tumor, all traces of the operation.

1902 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Jan. 172/1 Thus the operations of uranorrhaphy and staphylorrhaphy become much simplified and can be performed at any period.

1930 Arch. Surg. 21 224 In 1895, Smith..devised an operation by which uranostaphyloplasty was accomplished with backward displacement of the velum.

1991 Jrnl. Cranio-maxillo-facial Surg. 19 62/2 We..plan a uranostaphyloplasty for the future.

2006 R. Moretti et al. in S. N. Hogan Trends Learning Res. iii. 76 Stuttering children or children with uranoschisis, develop writing impairments.

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urano-comb. form²

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: uranium n., -o- connective.

Etymology: < uran- (in uranium n.) + -o- connective, after German Urano- (in e.g. Uranochalcit : see uranochalcite n. ). Compare uran- comb. form.Formations are found from the mid 19th cent., earliest and chiefly after German models.

Mineralogy and Chemistry.

Forming words relating to uranium; chiefly in the names of minerals and compounds containing the element.

† urano-ammonic adj. Obsolete designating double salts of uranium and ammonium.

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1850 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. IV. 184 Urano-ammonic Carbonate... Crystallizes in lemon-yellow transparent prisms, which are permanent in the air. (Berzelius, Lecanu, Peligot.)

1858 J. J. Griffin Radical Theory Chem. 231 Sulphate of uranic oxide and ammonia = urano-ammonic sulphate.

uranochalcite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈkalsʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈkalsʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈkælˌsaɪt/

[after German Uranochalcit ( A. Breithaupt Vollständiges Handb. der Min. (1841) II. 173, as Uranochalzit)] now rare or disused a green mineral containing sulphates of uranium, calcium, and copper, not now regarded as a distinct species.

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1858 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 75 115 (heading) Uranochalcite or Urangreen.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 667 Uranochalcite... In small nodular crusts and velvety druses, consisting of acicular crystals.

1977 U.S. Patent 4,013,754 4 Ores which can readily be used include..turquois; uranochalcite; vandenbrandite; volborthite; zeunerite, and combinations thereof.

uranocircite n.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈsəːsʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈsəːsʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈsərˌsaɪt/

[ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek κίρκος falcon (perhaps of imitative origin, or perhaps a transferred use of κίρκος circle (see circus n.), so called on account of the circling motion of the sparrowhawk) + -ite suffix², after German Uranocircit (A. Weisbach 1877, in Jahrb. f. die Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im Königr. Sachsen 48), so called with punning reference to the place where it was discovered, Falkenstein, in Germany] a bright yellow-green mineral typically occurring as thin, tabular crystals.Uranocircite is a hydrated barium uranyl phosphate, Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O (cf. autunite n.). Crystal system: tetragonal.

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1877 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 114 242 Uranocircite occurs in quartzy veins in the granite of Falkenstein, Saxon Voigtland; it has long gone by the name of autunite which it closely resembles.

1915 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 67 439 Double UO₂₋: autunite, uranocircite.., walpurgite, rhagite, mixite.

2009 F. J. Dahlkamp Uranium Deposits World: Asia v. 185/2 Mineralization in unoxidized zones consists of minute grains of pitchblende and coffinite and in an oxidized environment primarily of autunite and uranocircite.

uranoniobite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bʌɪt/

/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)nʌɪˈəʊbʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)nʌɪˈəʊbʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈnaɪəˌbaɪt/

/ˌjʊrənoʊˌnaɪˈoʊˌbaɪt/

[in sense (a) after German Uranoniobit (H. Rose 1847, in Ann. der Physik u. Chem. 71 166); in sense (b) after German Uranoniobit (R. Hermann 1859, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chem. 76 326)] now rare or disused (a) = samarskite n.; (b) = uraninite n.

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1847 Chem. Gaz. 1 Nov. 430 As regards the mineral, the name uranotantalite is at present just as inappropriate as that of yttroilmenite; it might perhaps be named uranoniobite, had not Heidinger applied the name of niobite to the Bavarian and North American columbite.

1860 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 378 Hermann has given..the name uranoniobite to the crystallized pitchblende from Strömsbeien in Norway.

1919 W. R. Schoeller & A. R. Powell Anal. Minerals & Ores Rarer Elements viii. 183 There are many varieties of the mineral [sc. uraninite]... Uranoniobite contains up to 2.6 per cent. of nitrogen and rare gases.

† uranophyllite n. [after German Uranphyllit ( A. Breithaupt Kurze Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems (1820) 6] Obsolete rare = torbernite n.; cf. uran-mica n. at uran- comb. form .

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1850 J. C. Booth Encycl. Chem. 930/2 Uranite. Min. Uran-mica, Uranphyllite, Lime-uranite, Chalcolite, Copper-uranite.]

1862 Guide Exhib. Rooms Dept. Nat. Hist. & Antiq. (Brit. Mus.) 45 Here may be seen..the suites of Uranophyllite (phosphate of copper and Uranium), and of Autunnite (a corresponding compound, containing lime in the place of the copper).

uranopilite n.

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/ˌjʊərəˈnɒpᵻlʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrəˈnɒpᵻlʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrəˈnɑpəˌlaɪt/

[ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek πῖλος wool, felt (see pileus n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranopilit (A. Weisbach 1882, in Neues Jahrb. f. Mineral. 2 259), so called on account of its appearance] a bright yellow mineral found as an alteration product on uranium ores, typically as crusts or aggregates of slender crystals.Uranopilite is a hydrated basic uranyl sulphate, (UO₂)₆SO₄(OH)₁₀·12H₂O. Crystal system: monoclinic.

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1882 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 124 476 A lemon-yellow uranium ochre from Johanngeorgenstadt analyzed by Schulze is called uranopilite by Weisbach.

1958 tr. T. L. Ambartsumian in Geol. Uranium x. 77 Complete dehydration of uranopilite led to the formation of anhydrous uranium sulfate.

2004 E. C. Buck et al. in R. Gière & P. Stille Energy, Waste & Environment 83/1 Uranopilite, torbernite, and bassetite will become stable during oxidative alteration.

uranopissite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈpɪsʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈpɪsʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈpɪˌsaɪt/

[ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek πίσσα pitch (see pissasphalt n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranopissit ( E. F. Glocker Generum et specierum mineralium (1847) 74)] rare = uraninite n.

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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 949 Uranopissite, syn. with Pitchblende.

1913 Mineral. Mag. 16 374 Uranopissite... An obsolete synonym of uraninite or pitchblende.

1967 J. W. Frondel et al. Gloss. Uranium & Thorium-bearing Minerals (ed. 4) 45 Uranopissite. Synonym of uraninite.

uranosphaerite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈsfɪərʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈsfɪərʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈsfɪˌraɪt/

(also uranospherite) [after German Uranosphärit (A. Weisbach 1873, in Jahrb. f. das Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im König. Sächsen (Abhandl.) 119)] a rare orange-yellow to red uranium mineral, often occurring in hemispherical aggregates.Uranosphaerite is a hydrated oxide of uranium and bismuth, Bi₂U₂O₉·3H₂O. Crystal system: monoclinic.

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1873 Academy 1 Oct. 373/2 Uranosphaerite occurs in brick-red hemispherical masses which decrepitate when heated and break up into acicular crystals with a silky lustre and brown colour.

1915 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 67 439 Uranates: uranospherite, gummite.

1957 Jrnl. Nucl. Energy 4 493 Complex hydrated oxides (uranates) include..uranosphaerite.

2007 R. E. Sykora et al. in S. V. Krivovichev et al. Struct. Chem. Inorg. Actinide Compounds v. 210 Actinide antimonites and bismuthites containing the main group element in the +3 oxidation state are currently severely restricted with only one example of each being known, UO₂Sb₂O₄ and uranosphaerite, Bi(UO₂)O₂OH.

uranospinite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈspʌɪnʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈspʌɪnʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈspaɪˌnaɪt/

/ˌjʊrəˈnɑspəˌnaɪt/

[ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek σπίνος chaffinch (alteration, after σπινός thin, of σπίζα chaffinch < σπίζειν to chirp, perhaps < the same Indo-European base as finch n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranospinit (A. Weisbach 1873, in Jahrb. f. das Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im König. Sächsen (Abhandl.) 119), so called on account of its colour] a yellowish-green mineral of the autunite group, found as an alteration product of uranium ores.Uranospinite is a hydrated calcium uranyl arsenate, Ca(UO₂)(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O. Crystal system: tetragonal.

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1873 Academy 1 Oct. 374/1 Uranospinite has a pale siskin-green colour.

1922 R. B. Moore in D. M. Liddell Handbk. Chem. Engin. II. xxvi. 861 In the cobalt-bismuth mines of Schneeberg are found..also some pitchblende, uranochalcite, uranospinite, galenite, zinc blende, etc.

2006 A. H. Cordesman & K. R. Al-Rodhan Iran's Weapons of Mass Destr. vii. 173 The Talmesi Mine near Anarak has produced seelite, which occurs with uranospinite.

† uranotantal n. [after German Uranotantal (G. Rose 1839, in Ann. der Physik u. Chem. 48 555)] Obsolete rare = samarskite n.; cf. uranotantalite n.

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1840 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 29 418 Uranotantalite, a new mineral species... It..is probably a tantalite of uranium; hence Rose names it uranotantal, according to the analogy of yttrotantal.

1872 A. Geikie Jukes' Student's Man. Geol. (ed. 3) iii. 77 Endomorphs in orthoclase, etc.: quartz,..tourmaline, chlorite, stilbite, samarskite (uranotantal), granite.

uranotantalite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈtantəlʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈtantəlʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈtæn(t)əˌlaɪt/

now rare = samarskite n.; cf. uranotantal n.

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1840 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 29 418 Uranotantalite, a new mineral species... It..is probably a tantalite of uranium; hence Rose names it uranotantal, according to the analogy of yttrotantal.

1905 Mining Reporter 27 July 87/1 Tourmaline, beryl and garnets and the rare mineral Samarskite or urano-tantalite occur somewhat abundantly in the excavation made in the vein.

2001 M. Eagleson & W. Brewer tr. N. Wiberg Holleman–Wiberg Inorg. Chem. xxxv. 1694 The mineral samarskite (uranotantalite), found in Norway, was the source of the oxides of samarium.

uranothallite n.

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/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈθalʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈθalʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈθæˌlaɪt/

[ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek θαλλός young shoot (see thallus n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranothallit (A. Schrauf 1882, in Zeitschr. f. Kristallogr. u. Mineral. 6 411), so called on account of its colour] a pale green form of liebigite, formerly regarded as a distinct variety.

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1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 525 Schrauf has named the variety of Liebigite from Joachimsthal, analyzed long ago by Vogl and Lindacker, Uranothallite.

1917 Amer. Mineralogist 2 87 It is not unlikely that the original analysis of liebigite..is in error, and that liebigite is identical with uranothallite.

1951 J. R. Partington Gen. & Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxvi. 759 Other minerals containing uranium are liebigite and its variants voglite and uranothallite.

2009 F. Pirajno Hydrothermal Processes & Mineral Syst. (2010) xiii. 1227 Secondary U minerals include uranophane,..uranothallite, carnotite and some niobates.

uranothorite n.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈθɔːrʌɪt/

/ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈθɔːrʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌjʊrənoʊˈθɔˌraɪt/

a variety of thorite containing a relatively high proportion of uranium.

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1880 P. Collier in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2 74 In view of the homogeneous structure of this mineral, its similarity to thorite, and its marked excess of one important constituent (uranium), the name ‘Urano-thorite’, is suggested as appropriate.

1903 J. Ohly Anal., Detection & Commerc. Value Rare Metals xx. 131 Uranothorite..occurs in the Champlain iron region of northern New York.

1963 Analyt. Chem. 35 1023/1 The polonium-210 contents found for the Sierra Ancha 1–6 zircon..and the Marble Mountain uranothorite depart widely from the anticipated equilibrium values.

2006 G. R. Drennan & L. J. Robb in W. U. Reimold & R. L. Gibson Processes Early Earth xviii. 366/2 The nodules..exhibit progressive increments of replacement of either uraninite or uranothorite.

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单词	urano-
释义	urano-comb. form¹ Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin ūrano-; Greek οὐρανο-. Etymology: < (i) classical Latin ūrano- (in e.g. ūranoscopos uranoscopus n.) and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek οὐρανο-, combining form (in e.g. οὐρανομήκης high as heaven) of οὐρανός sky, heaven, roof of the mouth, palate, of uncertain origin. Compare post-classical Latin uranus vault of heaven (4th or 5th cent.), roof of the mouth, palate (4th cent.). In sense 2 after French urano- (in uranoplastie uranoplasty n.); compare earlier uranisco- comb. form.Earliest in the late 16th cent. in the apparent native formation uranoscopy n. (and also, as an etymological element, in the borrowed fish name uranoscopus n.). Subsequently found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin words in the 17th cent., and from the end of the 17th cent. or early 18th cent. in further probable native formations, as uranologer n., uranolatry n. at sense 1. 1. Forming terms relating to the heavens or to celestial objects. † uranognosy n. Obsolete rare (in Jeremy Bentham's terminology) the description of celestial objects, astronomy; cf. uranography n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] astronomyc1275 astrology1656 uranoscopy1666 uranology1735 uranognosya1832 a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 286/2 By Uranography, or, still better, by Uranognosy, rather than Astronomy, may that branch of Topography, taken in its largest sense, which remains after the substraction of Geography be designated. † uranolatry n. Obsolete the worship or veneration of celestial objects. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies star worship1572 Sabaism1669 astrolatry1678 uranolatry1706 Sabianism1788 uranotheism1801 Atenism1925 planetolatrya1963 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. vi. 102/1 Their eldest Idolatry was Uranolatry, Cosmolatry, Astrolatry, as appeareth from the Jove of the eldest times. 1877 W. H. Rule Oriental Rec., Mon. 6 Uranolatry was grown into a system, and the Chaldean or Babylonian astronomy had become a science. uranomania n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈmeɪniə/ rare the delusion that one is of divine or celestial origin. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion lycanthropy1584 cynanthropy1594 hob-thrush1658 wolf-madness1663 syphilomania1815 hippanthropy1847 zoanthropy1856 boanthropy1864 megalomania1885 plutomania1890 uranomania1890 micromania1892 delusions of grandeur1909 omnipotence1916 nihilism1927 apophenia1959 apophany1960 sundowner1974 sundowning1978 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 723 Uranomania, monomania involving the idea of a divine or celestial origin or connection; a species of megalomania. 1920 E. Saltus Imperial Orgy x. 231 Instead was a derangement, clinically known as uranomania. A dwarf fancied himself divine. † uranopathy n. Obsolete emotional or sentimental responsiveness to celestial phenomena.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1868 W. Cory Jrnl. 3 Sept. in Extracts Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 246 That crenopathy and uranopathy, that yielding of ourselves to running water and to still clouds. † uranophotography n. [after French uranophotographie (1890 or earlier)] Obsolete rare photography of the sky or heavens. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] > astrophotography astrophotography1857 uranophotography1896 1896 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Dict. Photogr. 304 Urano-photography, the photography of celestial spaces. 1898 A. T. Story Story Photogr. viii. 81 A general principle established as regards uranophotography, in 1885, by Dr. Hugo Schrœder. † uranophotometer n. [after German Uranophotometer (H. Wild 1876, in Bull. de l'Acad. Imp. des Sci. de St Pétersbourg 21 315/1)] Obsolete rare a device for measuring the intensity of the diffuse light of the sky. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > observational instruments > [noun] > sky cyanometer1829 uranophotometer1876 1876 Nature 21 Dec. 170/1 The diffuse light of the sky..has recently been a subject of study by M. Wild,..who has endeavoured to measure it with a somewhat complicated instrument devised by him and named a ‘uranophotometer’. † uranotheism n. [after German Uranotheismus (1799 or earlier)] Obsolete rare the worship of celestial objects and phenomena. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies star worship1572 Sabaism1669 astrolatry1678 uranolatry1706 Sabianism1788 uranotheism1801 Atenism1925 planetolatrya1963 1801 Monthly Mag. 11 646/2 Uranotheism, or the worship of sun, moon, thunder, and meteors. 2. Surgery and Medicine. Forming words relating to surgical procedures performed on or medical conditions affecting the palate, esp. the hard palate, as uranorrhaphy, uranoschisis, etc.See also earlier uranoplastic n. and uranoplasty n. ΚΠ 1886 Med. News 13 Nov. 559/2 A new diagnostic sign of imbecility.—Dr. Giné, of Barcelona, has published..an article on what he terms ‘phrenopathic uranostomatoscopy’. 1896 20th Cent. Pract. Med. 6 162 An uranostaphylorrhaphy will remove, after ablation of the tumor, all traces of the operation. 1902 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Jan. 172/1 Thus the operations of uranorrhaphy and staphylorrhaphy become much simplified and can be performed at any period. 1930 Arch. Surg. 21 224 In 1895, Smith..devised an operation by which uranostaphyloplasty was accomplished with backward displacement of the velum. 1991 Jrnl. Cranio-maxillo-facial Surg. 19 62/2 We..plan a uranostaphyloplasty for the future. 2006 R. Moretti et al. in S. N. Hogan Trends Learning Res. iii. 76 Stuttering children or children with uranoschisis, develop writing impairments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). urano-comb. form² Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: uranium n., -o- connective. Etymology: < uran- (in uranium n.) + -o- connective, after German Urano- (in e.g. Uranochalcit : see uranochalcite n. ). Compare uran- comb. form.Formations are found from the mid 19th cent., earliest and chiefly after German models. Mineralogy and Chemistry. Forming words relating to uranium; chiefly in the names of minerals and compounds containing the element. † urano-ammonic adj. Obsolete designating double salts of uranium and ammonium. ΚΠ 1850 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. IV. 184 Urano-ammonic Carbonate... Crystallizes in lemon-yellow transparent prisms, which are permanent in the air. (Berzelius, Lecanu, Peligot.) 1858 J. J. Griffin Radical Theory Chem. 231 Sulphate of uranic oxide and ammonia = urano-ammonic sulphate. uranochalcite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈkalsʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈkalsʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈkælˌsaɪt/ [after German Uranochalcit ( A. Breithaupt Vollständiges Handb. der Min. (1841) II. 173, as Uranochalzit)] now rare or disused a green mineral containing sulphates of uranium, calcium, and copper, not now regarded as a distinct species. ΚΠ 1858 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 75 115 (heading) Uranochalcite or Urangreen. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 667 Uranochalcite... In small nodular crusts and velvety druses, consisting of acicular crystals. 1977 U.S. Patent 4,013,754 4 Ores which can readily be used include..turquois; uranochalcite; vandenbrandite; volborthite; zeunerite, and combinations thereof. uranocircite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈsəːsʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈsəːsʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈsərˌsaɪt/ [ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek κίρκος falcon (perhaps of imitative origin, or perhaps a transferred use of κίρκος circle (see circus n.), so called on account of the circling motion of the sparrowhawk) + -ite suffix², after German Uranocircit (A. Weisbach 1877, in Jahrb. f. die Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im Königr. Sachsen 48), so called with punning reference to the place where it was discovered, Falkenstein, in Germany] a bright yellow-green mineral typically occurring as thin, tabular crystals.Uranocircite is a hydrated barium uranyl phosphate, Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O (cf. autunite n.). Crystal system: tetragonal. ΚΠ 1877 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 114 242 Uranocircite occurs in quartzy veins in the granite of Falkenstein, Saxon Voigtland; it has long gone by the name of autunite which it closely resembles. 1915 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 67 439 Double UO₂₋: autunite, uranocircite.., walpurgite, rhagite, mixite. 2009 F. J. Dahlkamp Uranium Deposits World: Asia v. 185/2 Mineralization in unoxidized zones consists of minute grains of pitchblende and coffinite and in an oxidized environment primarily of autunite and uranocircite. uranoniobite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bʌɪt/ , /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)nʌɪˈəʊbʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)nʌɪˈəʊbʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈnaɪəˌbaɪt/ , /ˌjʊrənoʊˌnaɪˈoʊˌbaɪt/ [in sense (a) after German Uranoniobit (H. Rose 1847, in Ann. der Physik u. Chem. 71 166); in sense (b) after German Uranoniobit (R. Hermann 1859, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chem. 76 326)] now rare or disused (a) = samarskite n.; (b) = uraninite n. ΚΠ 1847 Chem. Gaz. 1 Nov. 430 As regards the mineral, the name uranotantalite is at present just as inappropriate as that of yttroilmenite; it might perhaps be named uranoniobite, had not Heidinger applied the name of niobite to the Bavarian and North American columbite. 1860 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 378 Hermann has given..the name uranoniobite to the crystallized pitchblende from Strömsbeien in Norway. 1919 W. R. Schoeller & A. R. Powell Anal. Minerals & Ores Rarer Elements viii. 183 There are many varieties of the mineral [sc. uraninite]... Uranoniobite contains up to 2.6 per cent. of nitrogen and rare gases. † uranophyllite n. [after German Uranphyllit ( A. Breithaupt Kurze Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems (1820) 6] Obsolete rare = torbernite n.; cf. uran-mica n. at uran- comb. form . ΚΠ 1850 J. C. Booth Encycl. Chem. 930/2 Uranite. Min. Uran-mica, Uranphyllite, Lime-uranite, Chalcolite, Copper-uranite.] 1862 Guide Exhib. Rooms Dept. Nat. Hist. & Antiq. (Brit. Mus.) 45 Here may be seen..the suites of Uranophyllite (phosphate of copper and Uranium), and of Autunnite (a corresponding compound, containing lime in the place of the copper). uranopilite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərəˈnɒpᵻlʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrəˈnɒpᵻlʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrəˈnɑpəˌlaɪt/ [ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek πῖλος wool, felt (see pileus n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranopilit (A. Weisbach 1882, in Neues Jahrb. f. Mineral. 2 259), so called on account of its appearance] a bright yellow mineral found as an alteration product on uranium ores, typically as crusts or aggregates of slender crystals.Uranopilite is a hydrated basic uranyl sulphate, (UO₂)₆SO₄(OH)₁₀·12H₂O. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΚΠ 1882 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 124 476 A lemon-yellow uranium ochre from Johanngeorgenstadt analyzed by Schulze is called uranopilite by Weisbach. 1958 tr. T. L. Ambartsumian in Geol. Uranium x. 77 Complete dehydration of uranopilite led to the formation of anhydrous uranium sulfate. 2004 E. C. Buck et al. in R. Gière & P. Stille Energy, Waste & Environment 83/1 Uranopilite, torbernite, and bassetite will become stable during oxidative alteration. uranopissite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈpɪsʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈpɪsʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈpɪˌsaɪt/ [ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek πίσσα pitch (see pissasphalt n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranopissit ( E. F. Glocker Generum et specierum mineralium (1847) 74)] rare = uraninite n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 949 Uranopissite, syn. with Pitchblende. 1913 Mineral. Mag. 16 374 Uranopissite... An obsolete synonym of uraninite or pitchblende. 1967 J. W. Frondel et al. Gloss. Uranium & Thorium-bearing Minerals (ed. 4) 45 Uranopissite. Synonym of uraninite. uranosphaerite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈsfɪərʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈsfɪərʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈsfɪˌraɪt/ (also uranospherite) [after German Uranosphärit (A. Weisbach 1873, in Jahrb. f. das Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im König. Sächsen (Abhandl.) 119)] a rare orange-yellow to red uranium mineral, often occurring in hemispherical aggregates.Uranosphaerite is a hydrated oxide of uranium and bismuth, Bi₂U₂O₉·3H₂O. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΚΠ 1873 Academy 1 Oct. 373/2 Uranosphaerite occurs in brick-red hemispherical masses which decrepitate when heated and break up into acicular crystals with a silky lustre and brown colour. 1915 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 67 439 Uranates: uranospherite, gummite. 1957 Jrnl. Nucl. Energy 4 493 Complex hydrated oxides (uranates) include..uranosphaerite. 2007 R. E. Sykora et al. in S. V. Krivovichev et al. Struct. Chem. Inorg. Actinide Compounds v. 210 Actinide antimonites and bismuthites containing the main group element in the +3 oxidation state are currently severely restricted with only one example of each being known, UO₂Sb₂O₄ and uranosphaerite, Bi(UO₂)O₂OH. uranospinite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈspʌɪnʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈspʌɪnʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈspaɪˌnaɪt/ , /ˌjʊrəˈnɑspəˌnaɪt/ [ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek σπίνος chaffinch (alteration, after σπινός thin, of σπίζα chaffinch < σπίζειν to chirp, perhaps < the same Indo-European base as finch n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranospinit (A. Weisbach 1873, in Jahrb. f. das Berg- u. Hüttenwesen im König. Sächsen (Abhandl.) 119), so called on account of its colour] a yellowish-green mineral of the autunite group, found as an alteration product of uranium ores.Uranospinite is a hydrated calcium uranyl arsenate, Ca(UO₂)(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O. Crystal system: tetragonal. ΚΠ 1873 Academy 1 Oct. 374/1 Uranospinite has a pale siskin-green colour. 1922 R. B. Moore in D. M. Liddell Handbk. Chem. Engin. II. xxvi. 861 In the cobalt-bismuth mines of Schneeberg are found..also some pitchblende, uranochalcite, uranospinite, galenite, zinc blende, etc. 2006 A. H. Cordesman & K. R. Al-Rodhan Iran's Weapons of Mass Destr. vii. 173 The Talmesi Mine near Anarak has produced seelite, which occurs with uranospinite. † uranotantal n. [after German Uranotantal (G. Rose 1839, in Ann. der Physik u. Chem. 48 555)] Obsolete rare = samarskite n.; cf. uranotantalite n. ΚΠ 1840 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 29 418 Uranotantalite, a new mineral species... It..is probably a tantalite of uranium; hence Rose names it uranotantal, according to the analogy of yttrotantal. 1872 A. Geikie Jukes' Student's Man. Geol. (ed. 3) iii. 77 Endomorphs in orthoclase, etc.: quartz,..tourmaline, chlorite, stilbite, samarskite (uranotantal), granite. uranotantalite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈtantəlʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈtantəlʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈtæn(t)əˌlaɪt/ now rare = samarskite n.; cf. uranotantal n. ΚΠ 1840 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 29 418 Uranotantalite, a new mineral species... It..is probably a tantalite of uranium; hence Rose names it uranotantal, according to the analogy of yttrotantal. 1905 Mining Reporter 27 July 87/1 Tourmaline, beryl and garnets and the rare mineral Samarskite or urano-tantalite occur somewhat abundantly in the excavation made in the vein. 2001 M. Eagleson & W. Brewer tr. N. Wiberg Holleman–Wiberg Inorg. Chem. xxxv. 1694 The mineral samarskite (uranotantalite), found in Norway, was the source of the oxides of samarium. uranothallite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈθalʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈθalʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈθæˌlaɪt/ [ < urano- comb. form² + ancient Greek θαλλός young shoot (see thallus n.) + -ite suffix¹, after German Uranothallit (A. Schrauf 1882, in Zeitschr. f. Kristallogr. u. Mineral. 6 411), so called on account of its colour] a pale green form of liebigite, formerly regarded as a distinct variety. ΚΠ 1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 525 Schrauf has named the variety of Liebigite from Joachimsthal, analyzed long ago by Vogl and Lindacker, Uranothallite. 1917 Amer. Mineralogist 2 87 It is not unlikely that the original analysis of liebigite..is in error, and that liebigite is identical with uranothallite. 1951 J. R. Partington Gen. & Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxvi. 759 Other minerals containing uranium are liebigite and its variants voglite and uranothallite. 2009 F. Pirajno Hydrothermal Processes & Mineral Syst. (2010) xiii. 1227 Secondary U minerals include uranophane,..uranothallite, carnotite and some niobates. uranothorite n. Brit. /ˌjʊərənə(ʊ)ˈθɔːrʌɪt/ , /ˌjɔːrənə(ʊ)ˈθɔːrʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌjʊrənoʊˈθɔˌraɪt/ a variety of thorite containing a relatively high proportion of uranium. ΚΠ 1880 P. Collier in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2 74 In view of the homogeneous structure of this mineral, its similarity to thorite, and its marked excess of one important constituent (uranium), the name ‘Urano-thorite’, is suggested as appropriate. 1903 J. Ohly Anal., Detection & Commerc. Value Rare Metals xx. 131 Uranothorite..occurs in the Champlain iron region of northern New York. 1963 Analyt. Chem. 35 1023/1 The polonium-210 contents found for the Sierra Ancha 1–6 zircon..and the Marble Mountain uranothorite depart widely from the anticipated equilibrium values. 2006 G. R. Drennan & L. J. Robb in W. U. Reimold & R. L. Gibson Processes Early Earth xviii. 366/2 The nodules..exhibit progressive increments of replacement of either uraninite or uranothorite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form¹1706comb. form²1840
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