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oxygen-17

oxygen-17 noun: a rare stable isotope of oxygen, 178O, having eight protons and nine neutrons; it amounts to 0.037% of the element in nature.

Noun

oxygen-17 (uncountable)

  1. A rare stable isotope of oxygen, 178O, having eight protons and nine neutrons; it amounts to 0.037% of the element in nature

Questions about oxygen-17

What does oxygen-17 mean?
Oxygen-17 means a rare stable isotope of oxygen, 178O, having eight protons and nine neutrons; it amounts to 0.037% of the element in nature.
What part of speech is oxygen-17?
Oxygen-17 is a noun.

Words near oxygen-17 in the dictionary

  1. oxygen thieves
  2. oxygen toxicity
  3. oxygen waster
  4. oxygen wasters
  5. oxygen-16
  6. oxygen-17
  7. oxygen-18
  8. oxygen-poor
  9. oxygenase
  10. oxygenases
  11. oxygenate

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