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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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