DEUTERIUM


Meaning of DEUTERIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dü-ˈtir-ē-əm also ]

dyü- noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek deuteros second

Date: 1933

: an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen — symbol D ; called also heavy hydrogen

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