deuter-
AmericanUsage
What does deuter- mean? Deuter- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “second.” It is used in some scientific and other technical terms.In terms from chemistry, deuter- specifically refers to deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen. Deuterium was based directly on the Greek deúteros.Deuter- comes from the Greek deúteros, meaning “second.”Deuter- is a variant of deutero-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use deutero- article.Other variants of deutero- are deuto- and deut-.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Police said she is believed to be in possession of a blue/green Deuter Step Out 12 rucksack and was possibly wearing black, lightweight, slip-on trainers.
From BBC
Patients are given an eye mask and headphones to play spoken word meditations and instrumental music by Deuter, a German new age instrumentalist, that blends Eastern and Western musical elements.
From New York Times
Yet somehow the narrator ends up spending a lot of time at the Deuter Center reading up on the German.
From Slate
Nevertheless, a past success and an ambitious work in progress are catnip to literary foundations like the Deuter Center for Social and Cultural Research in Wannsee, a sleepy suburb of Berlin most famous as the place where, in 1942, the Nazi leadership formulated its plans for the Final Solution.
From Slate
In opposition to it, the Deuter Center offers a soulless version of community in which the individual is subject to constant scrutiny and forced to tolerate such boors as a neurophilosopher named Edgar, a knee-jerk contrarian who badgers every other guest with his dime-store sociobiology.
From Slate
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.