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detritiation

detritiation noun: modification of a tritiated compound by the replacement of tritium atoms with normal hydrogen.

Noun

detritiation (countable and uncountable, plural detritiations)

  1. Modification of a tritiated compound by the replacement of tritium atoms with normal hydrogen

Forms of detritiation

pluraldetritiations

Origin of detritiation

From de- + tritiation.

Questions about detritiation

What does detritiation mean?
Detritiation means modification of a tritiated compound by the replacement of tritium atoms with normal hydrogen.
What part of speech is detritiation?
Detritiation is a noun.
What is the plural of detritiation?
The plural of detritiation is detritiations.

Words near detritiation in the dictionary

  1. detrimenting
  2. detriments
  3. detrimerization
  4. detrita
  5. detrital
  6. detritiation
  7. detritiations
  8. detritic
  9. detriticolous
  10. detrition
  11. detritions

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