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Heavy Water

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Noun

1. deuterium oxide, heavy water

water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors

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Heavy Water

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noun
water that has been electrolytically decomposed to enrich it in the deuterium isotope in the form HDO or D2O

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Heavy Water

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water composed of heavy isotopes of hydrogen or oxygen, or of both; esp., deuterium oxide, D2O, which is water composed of ordinary oxygen and deuterium

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Heavy Water

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n.
Either of two isotopic forms of water, especially deuterium oxide, consisting chiefly of molecules that contain deuterium instead of protium. Heavy water is used as a moderator in certain nuclear reactors.

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