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pitchblende
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pitchblende \Pitch"blende`\, n. [1st pitch + blende.] (Min.) A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context mineralogy English) Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
WordNet
n. a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore [syn: uraninite]
Wikipedia
Pitchblende was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC, composed of Justin Chearno on guitar, Scott DeSimon on bass guitar, Patrick Gough on drums and Treiops Treyfid on guitar.
Between 1991 and 1995, the group recorded three full-length albums and several singles for the independent labels Cargo, Jade Tree, Matador Records and Simple Machines.
Pitchblende may refer to:
- Uraninite, a mineral used as a source of uranium
- Pitchblende (band), was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC
- Pitche Blende (band), was an American garage rock, psychedelic, acid rock, and protopunk band formed in 1967 in Saginaw, Michigan
- Pitchblend, an alternative rock band from Reading, Berkshire, England
Usage examples of "pitchblende".
Here, by the wavering, stinking light of pitchblende torches, Sorrow and Rage snuffled all around the wheel and up a low tunnel to a cold, damp hollow worn into the stone where rags and leavings and waste had collected.
There was enough to provide two decent tots for each adult to celebrate the discovery of the saddle of pitchblende.
He already knew ore -- the glossy, sub-metallic, pitchy black luster of uraninite or pitchblende.
He already knew ore—the glossy, sub-metallic, pitchy black luster of uraninite or pitchblende.