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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Water in which deuterium replaces hydrogen, D2O, isolated for use as a moderator in certain nuclear reactors.
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- noun water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
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