DEUTERON


Meaning of DEUTERON in English

/dooh"teuh ron', dyooh"-/ , n. Physics.

a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium. Cf. triton .

[ 1933; deúter ( os ) second + -ON 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .