different between deuterium vs deuterated

English

Etymology

Coined by Harold Urey, an American chemist, from Ancient Greek ???????? (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju??t?????m/, /d?u??t?????m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dju??t??i.?m/
• Hyphenation: deu?te?ri?um

Noun

deuterium (plural deuteriums)

1. (physics) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - ²₁H.

   Heavy water is “heavy” because it contains deuterium.

2. An atom of this isotope.

   There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium.

Synonyms

• heavy hydrogen
• D (chemical symbol)

Hypernyms

• hydrogen

Coordinate terms

• (isotopes of hydrogen): protium, tritium, quadrium

Derived terms

• deuterium oxide

Related terms

• deuteron

Translations

See also

• heavy water

References

• Elementymology

Czech

Noun

deuterium n

1. deuterium (isotope of hydrogen)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English deuterium. Coined by Harold Urey, an American chemist, from Ancient Greek ???????? (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dœy??te?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: deu?te?ri?um
• Rhymes: -e?ri?m

Noun

deuterium n (uncountable)

1. deuterium

Derived terms

• deuteriumkern

Finnish

Noun

deuterium

1. (physics) deuterium

Declension

Latin

Noun

deuterium n (genitive deuteri? or deuter?); second declension

1. deuterium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Malay

Etymology

From English hydrogen, from Ancient Greek ???????? (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deut?riom], [deut?ri?m], [diut?ri?m]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

deuterium

1. (physics) deuterium (isotope of hydrogen)

English

Adjective

deuterated (comparative more deuterated, superlative most deuterated)

1. (chemistry) Describing a compound which has had some of its normal hydrogen (protium) replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.

Verb

deuterated

1. simple past tense and past participle of deuterate

See also

• protiated
• tritiated