deuterium
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
deutero- + -ium. Coined by American physical chemist Harold Urey, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /djuːˈtɪəɹɪəm/, /dʒuːˈtɪəɹɪəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /djuːˈtɪɹi.əm/
- Hyphenation: deu‧te‧ri‧um
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Noun[edit]
deuterium (countable and uncountable, plural deuteriums)
- (physics) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.
- Heavy water is "heavy" because it contains deuterium.
- An atom of this isotope.
- There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium.
Usage notes[edit]
IUPAC recommends that the chemical symbol for deuterium should be 2H, rather than D;[1] to prevent problems in alphabetical sorting of formulae. Likewise, tritium should have the chemical symbol 3H, rather than T.
Synonyms[edit]
- heavy hydrogen
- 2H, D (chemical symbol)
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deuterium n
- deuterium (isotope of hydrogen)
Declension[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English deuterium. Coined by Harold Urey, an American chemist, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deuterium n (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English deuterium).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deuterium
Declension[edit]
Inflection of deuterium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | deuterium | deuteriumit | ||
genitive | deuteriumin | deuteriumien | ||
partitive | deuteriumia | deuteriumeja | ||
illative | deuteriumiin | deuteriumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | deuterium | deuteriumit | ||
accusative | nom. | deuterium | deuteriumit | |
gen. | deuteriumin | |||
genitive | deuteriumin | deuteriumien | ||
partitive | deuteriumia | deuteriumeja | ||
inessive | deuteriumissa | deuteriumeissa | ||
elative | deuteriumista | deuteriumeista | ||
illative | deuteriumiin | deuteriumeihin | ||
adessive | deuteriumilla | deuteriumeilla | ||
ablative | deuteriumilta | deuteriumeilta | ||
allative | deuteriumille | deuteriumeille | ||
essive | deuteriumina | deuteriumeina | ||
translative | deuteriumiksi | deuteriumeiksi | ||
abessive | deuteriumitta | deuteriumeitta | ||
instructive | — | deuteriumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “deuterium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
deuterium n (genitive deuteriī or deuterī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | deuterium | deuteria |
Genitive | deuteriī deuterī1 |
deuteriōrum |
Dative | deuteriō | deuteriīs |
Accusative | deuterium | deuteria |
Ablative | deuteriō | deuteriīs |
Vocative | deuterium | deuteria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English hydrogen, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deuterium
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-teros
- English terms prefixed with deutero-
- English terms suffixed with -ium
- English terms coined by Harold Urey
- English coinages
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English 4-syllable words
- Rhymes:English/ɪəɹiəm
- Rhymes:English/ɪəɹiəm/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Isotopes
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Deuterium
- en:Two
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- Czech semisoft neuter nouns
- Czech nouns with regular foreign declension
- cs:Two
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːriʏm
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ium
- Rhymes:Finnish/ium/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Isotopes
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Two
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- la:Two
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/iom
- Rhymes:Malay/jom
- Rhymes:Malay/om
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Isotopes