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deuteride

[ doo-tuh-rahyd, -ter-id, dyoo- ]
/ ˈdu təˌraɪd, -tər ɪd, ˈdyu- /

noun Chemistry.

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

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Origin of deuteride

deuter(ium) + -ide

Words nearby deuteride

Deut., deuter-, deuteragonist, deuteranopia, deuterate, deuteride, deuterium, deuterium oxide, deutero-, deuterocanonical, deuterocanonical books
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British Dictionary definitions for deuteride

deuteride
/ (ˈdjuːtəˌraɪd) /

noun

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