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deuterate

deuterate verb: to add deuterium (an isotope of hydrogen, ²H), to something.

Verb

deuterate (third-person singular simple present deuterates, present participle deuterating, simple past and past participle deuterated)

  1. (transitive) To add deuterium (an isotope of hydrogen, ²H), to something.

Forms of deuterate

third-person singular presentdeuterates
present participledeuterating
past participledeuterated
pastdeuterated

Words formed from deuterate

Questions about deuterate

What does deuterate mean?
Deuterate means to add deuterium (an isotope of hydrogen, ²H), to something.
What part of speech is deuterate?
Deuterate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deuterate?
The past tense of deuterate is deuterated.

Words near deuterate in the dictionary

  1. deuteranope
  2. deuteranopes
  3. deuteranopia
  4. deuteranopias
  5. deuteranopic
  6. deuterate
  7. deuterated
  8. deuterated water
  9. deuterates
  10. deuterating
  11. deuteration

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