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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two isotopic forms of water, especially deuterium oxide, consisting chiefly of molecules that contain deuterium instead of protium. Heavy water is used as a moderator in certain nuclear reactors.
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- noun chemistry
Water containingdeuterium instead of normalhydrogen (symbol D2O); used as amoderator innuclear reactors .
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- noun water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
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