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Definition 2024

heavy_water

heavy water

English

Noun

heavy water ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (symbol D₂O); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

Translations

water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen

Chinese:
Mandarin: 重水 (zh) ‎(zhòngshuǐ)
Danish: tungt vand n
Dutch: zwaar water (nl) n
Faroese: tungt vatn n
Finnish: raskas vesi
French: eau lourde (fr) f
German: schweres Wasser n
Icelandic: þungt vatn n
Indonesian: air berat (id)
Italian: acqua pesante f
Japanese: 重水 ‎(じゅうすい, jūsui)
Kazakh: ауыр су ‎(awır sw)

Navajo: tó nidaaz
Norwegian:

Bokmål: tungtvann (no) n, tungtvatn n

Nynorsk: tungtvatn n, tungvatn n
Polish: ciężka woda f
Portuguese: água pesada (pt) f, água deuterada f
Romanian: apă grea (ro) f
Russian: тяжёлая вода́ f ‎(tjažólaja vodá)
Spanish: agua pesada
Swedish: tungt vatten n
Tagalog: mabigat na tubig, tubig na mabigat

Synonyms

deuterium oxide

See also