deuteron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of deuteron
1933; < Greek deúter ( os ) second + -on 1
Example Sentences
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A deuteron contains just one proton and one neutron, held together by a relatively weak force.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025
In HD+, a proton is replaced by a deuteron, which makes the molecule more accessible in spectroscopic terms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024
The deuteron is a bound state of a proton and a neutron, and the binding comes from the strong force, which is carried by gluons.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 20, 2022
Using some theoretical results enabled them to determine the deuteron to proton mass ratio to 4.5 parts per trillion, they report in a paper in press at Physical Review Letters.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2021
On a bracing afternoon, he escorted Weaver into the Radiation Laboratory and showed him the twenty-seven-inch cyclotron, not skimping on the vaudeville of the lavender deuteron beam shooting into the air.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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