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| deu·te·ri·um [ doo tree əm ] |
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hydrogen isotope: an isotope of hydrogen that has double the mass of ordinary hydrogen because it contains a neutron in its nucleus. Use: tracer in experiments.
Symbol D
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| [Mid-20th century. < Greek deuteros "second"] |
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