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Definition: Deuterium Oxide |
Deuterium OxideNoun1. Water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The isotopic compound of hydrogen of mass 2 (deuterium) with oxygen. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) It is used to study mechanisms and rates of chemical or nuclear reactions, as well as biological processes. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Water in which the hydrogen is replaced by'heavy hydrogen'or deuterium. Because of the very low neutron absorption cross-section of deuterium, heavy water makes an excellent moderator and is used in, e. g. , CANDU and SGHWR nuclear reactors. It is present in ordinary water at one part in about 5000. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Deuterium OxideSynonym: heavy water (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deuterium oxide | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "deuterium oxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | deuteriumoxid (heavy water), tungt vand (heavy water). (various references) | |
Dutch | deuteriumoxyde (heavy water), deuteriumoxide (heavy water), D2O (heavy water), zwaar water (heavy water). (various references) | |
French | protoxyde de deutérium, oxyde de deutérium, eau lourde. (various references) | |
German | Deuteriumoxid (D20, heavy water), D20 (D20, heavy water), schweres Wasser (heavy water). (various references) | |
Greek | βαρύ ύδωρ (D20, heavy water), βαρύ νερό (heavy water), πρωτοξείδιο του δευτερίου (heavy water), διοξείδιο του δευτερίου (D20, heavy water). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nehézvíz (heavy water). (various references) | |
Italian | protossido di deuterio (heavy water), Ossido di deuterio (D20, heavy water), acqua pesante (D20, heavy water). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | euteriumday oxideay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | D2O (D20, heavy water), óxido de deutério (D20, heavy water), água pesada (D20, heavy water). (various references) | |
Spanish | protóxido de deuterio (heavy water), agua pesada (D20, heavy water), óxido de deuterio (D20, heavy water). (various references) | |
Turkish | ağır su. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-e-i-i-m-o-r-t-u-u-x" | |
-4 letters: eudiometer. | |
-5 letters: demerited, deuterium. | |
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