HEAVY HYDROGEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)

Synonyms:

deuterium; heavy hydrogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("heavy hydrogen" is a kind of...):

isotope (one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons)

hydrogen atom (an atom of hydrogen)

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