In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEUTERIUM
deuterium, heavy hydrogen
(noun) an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deuterium (plural deuteriums)
(isotope) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.
An atom of this isotope.
Synonyms
• heavy hydrogen
• D (chemical symbol)
Hypernyms
• hydrogen
Coordinate terms
• (isotopes of hydrogen): protium, tritium, quadrium
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