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deuterium

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. deuterium (noun)
  2. deuterium oxide (noun)

deu·te·ri·um

noun \d(y)ü-ˈtir-ē-əm\

Definition of DEUTERIUM

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

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