deuterium
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
deuterium (plural deuteriums)
- (isotope) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - nuclide 2.
- Heavy water is “heavy” because it contains deuterium.
- An atom of this isotope.
- There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium.
- heavy hydrogen
- D (chemical symbol)
- French: deutérium
- German: Deuterium
- Italian: deuterio
- Portuguese: deutério
- Russian: дейте́рий
- Spanish: deuterio
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