deuteride

[doo-tuh-rahyd, -ter-id, dyoo-]

noun Chemistry.

a hydride in which deuterium takes the place of ordinary hydrogen.

Origin of deuteride

deuter(ium) + -ide

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British Dictionary definitions for deuteride

deuteride

noun

a compound of deuterium with some other element. It is analogous to a hydride

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