DEUTERON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("deuteron" is a kind of...):

particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)

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