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diplogen

diplogen noun: deuterium.

Noun

diplogen (uncountable)

  1. (dated) deuterium

Origin of diplogen

A name proposed by Ernest Rutherford and other chemists, from diplo- + -gen.

Questions about diplogen

What does diplogen mean?
Diplogen means deuterium.
What part of speech is diplogen?
Diplogen is a noun.

Words near diplogen in the dictionary

  1. diploetic
  2. diplogasterid
  3. diplogasterids
  4. diplogastrid
  5. diplogastrids
  6. diplogen
  7. diplogeneses
  8. diplogenesis
  9. diplogenetic
  10. diplogenic
  11. diplogonoporosis

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