uraˈnitic, a.
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or containing uranite (or uranium).
| 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 302 Uranitic Calx is insoluble in alkalis. Ibid. 469 Crystals of uranitic vitriol. 1819 Brande Man. Chem. 265 The uranitic ore, called by the Germans uran glimmer, is a hydrate of the yellow oxide. 1836 Ibid. (ed. 4) 733 The mineral called uranitic ochre is generally considered as a hydrated peroxide. |