ORTHOHYDROGEN


Meaning of ORTHOHYDROGEN in English

/awr'theuh huy"dreuh jeuhn/ , n. Physics, Chem.

the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in the same direction. Cf. parahydrogen .

[ 1925-30; ORTHO- + HYDROGEN ]

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