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. Ibid. (1836), (ed. 4), 733. The mineral called uranitic ochre is generally considered as a hydrated peroxide.
