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人工元素 (じんこうげんそ, jinkougenso) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん工こう元げん素そ

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Meanings

1

synthetic element

physics›chemistry›

Technical term used in physics and chemistry for elements not found naturally on Earth, produced artificially in laboratories or nuclear reactors.

プルトニウムは人じん工こう元げん素

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一ひと

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Plutonium is one of the synthetic elements.

Kanji

人person
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
元beginning, former time, origin
素elementary, principle, naked

Related words

天てん然ねん元げん素そ
天然元素 refers to naturally occurring elements, in contrast to 人工元素 which are artificially created.

Built from

人じん工こう+元げん素そ

Etymology

Compound of 人工 (じんこう, 'artificial') and 元素 (げんそ, 'element').