deuterium
nounHow to pronounce deuterium:
Definition of deuterium:
- deuterium (noun):
- an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen).
- an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen
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