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Definition of "deuteron" [deuteron]

  • The nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron, regarded as a subatomic particle with unit positive charge. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "deuteron" in a sentence
  • "Speaking of which I know that the binding energy of a deuteron is about 2.2 MeV."
  • "QED, such as a precise measurement of the Lamb shift of the 1S ground state, and accurate determinations of the rms charge radius of the proton and the structure radius of the deuteron."
  • "In 1938 the first European cyclotron at Collège de France in Paris accelerated a deuteron beam up to 4 MeV and by hitting a target, an intense source of neutrons was produced."