"2H" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 2Hs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 2H (usually uncountable, plural 2Hs)
  1. (British English) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 3H; a pencil with hard lead. Tags: British, English, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-2H-en-noun-1aDDtHWS
  2. A pencil of grade 2H. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-2H-en-noun-XEBfym0I
  3. deuterium. In this case, it is preferable that the "2" should be superscripted: ²H. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-2H-en-noun-mO-mj2Eo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Deuterium Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 2 61 Disambiguation of Deuterium: 3 3 94

Inflected forms

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