| Definition of 'deuterium oxide' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) heavy water, deuterium oxide
water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
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| Definition of 'deuterium oxide' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. deuterium oxide
The isotopic compound of hydrogen of mass 2 (deuterium) with oxygen. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) It is used to study mechanisms and rates of chemical or nuclear reactions, as well as biological processes.
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