Urey

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjʊərɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yŏŏr′ē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
U•rey  (yŏŏr′ē),USA pronunciation n. 
    Harold Clay•ton  (klāt′n),USA pronunciation 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Urey /ˈjʊərɪ/ n
  1. Harold Clayton. 1893–1981, US chemist, who discovered the heavy isotope of hydrogen, deuterium (1932), and worked on methods of separating uranium isotopes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1934

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