heavy water

English

Noun

heavy water (uncountable)

(chemistry) Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (protium) (symbol D₂O); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

Alternative forms

heavy-water

Synonyms

(D₂O):

D₂O
²H₂O
deuterium oxide
dideuterium oxide
deuterium monoxide
dideuterium monoxide
deuterated water
fully deuterated water
deuterium water
water-d2

Hypernyms

(deuterium water):

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

Translations

water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen

Chinese:
Mandarin: 重水 (zh) (zhòngshuǐ)
Danish: tungt vand n
Dutch: zwaar water (nl) n
Faroese: tungt vatn n
Finnish: raskasvesi (fi)
French: eau lourde (fr) f
German: schweres Wasser n
Icelandic: þungt vatn n
Indonesian: air berat (id)
Italian: acqua pesante f
Japanese: 重水 (じゅうすい, jūsui)

Kazakh: ауыр су (awır sw)
Navajo: tó nidaaz
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tungtvann (no) n, tungtvatn n

Nynorsk: tungtvatn n, tungvatn n
Polish: ciężka woda f
Portuguese: água pesada (pt) f, água deuterada f
Romanian: apă grea (ro) f
Russian: тяжёлая вода́ (ru) f (tjažólaja vodá)
Spanish: agua pesada
Swedish: tungt vatten n
Tagalog: mabigat na tubig, tubig na mabigat

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