H2O

1. The chemical symbol (see also symbol) for water. Each molecule of water contains two atoms of hydrogen (H) joined to a single atom of oxygen (O).

Example Sentences

H2O is the stuff of life, but for several decades, water producers and sommeliers have been working to make it something more: the stuff of taste.

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He has denied the existence of Covid, questioned the moon landing and claims that water is something other than H2O.

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Here, at depths of 5km, where no sunlight can penetrate, the oxygen appears to be produced by naturally occurring metallic “nodules” which split seawater - H2O - into hydrogen and oxygen.

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However, in interaction with proteins, D2O is less potent than H2O.

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Jupiter's rampant radiation breaks H2O's molecular bonds, leaving behind oxygen and hydrogen.

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