deuterium

What does deuterium mean?

deuterium means "an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)".

How many syllables are in deuterium?

deuterium has 4 syllables: de-u-te-rium. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /duˈtiɹiəm/.

What is another word for deuterium?

Close synonyms include heavy hydrogen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deuterium a common word?

deuterium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for deuterium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.