"heavy water" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} heavy water (uncountable)
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (protium); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors. Denoted ²H₂O, or less correctly, D₂O. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Water Hypernyms: deuterated water, H₂O, water Derived forms: heavy-water, heavywater, heavy-water reactor, semiheavy water, superheavy water Coordinate_terms: light water, semi-heavy water, super-heavy water Translations (water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen): 重水 (zhòngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tungt vand [neuter] (Danish), zwaar water [neuter] (Dutch), tungt vatn [neuter] (Faroese), raskasvesi (Finnish), eau lourde [feminine] (French), schweres Wasser [neuter] (German), þungt vatn [neuter] (Icelandic), air berat (Indonesian), acqua pesante [feminine] (Italian), 重水 (jūsui) (alt: じゅうすい) (Japanese), ауыр су (auyr su) (Kazakh), tó nidaaz (Navajo), tungtvann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungtvatn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungtvatn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tungvatn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آب سنگین (âb-e sangin) (Persian), ciężka woda [feminine] (Polish), água pesada [feminine] (Portuguese), água deuterada [feminine] (Portuguese), apă grea [feminine] (Romanian), тяжёлая вода́ (tjažólaja vodá) [feminine] (Russian), agua pesada (Spanish), tungt vatten [neuter] (Swedish), mabigat na tubig (Tagalog), tubig na mabigat (Tagalog), ağır su (Turkish), nước nặng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-heavy_water-en-noun-gVU~nwZW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Deuterium Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Synonyms: heavy-water, D₂O, ²H₂O, deuterium oxide, dideuterium oxide, deuterium monoxide, dideuterium monoxide, deuterated water, fully deuterated water, deuterium water, water-d2

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