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heavy water definition

heavy water

water composed of heavy isotopes of hydrogen or oxygen, or of both; esp., deuterium oxide, DO, which is water composed of ordinary oxygen and deuterium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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