DEUTERON

deuteron

(noun) the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

deuteron (plural deuterons)

(physics) the atomic nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron

Synonyms

• D+ (“deuterium ion”)

Hypernyms

• H+ (“hydrogen ion”)

Coordinate terms

• (bare nuclei of hydrogen): proton (“hydrogen-1 nucleus”), deuteron, triton (“hydrogen-3 nucleus”)

• H+, p (“protium ion”)

• T+ (“tritium ion”)

• h (“helium-3 nucleus”)

Source: Wiktionary



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