Heavy Water
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- deuterium oxide
- plural
- Heavy Waters
- possessive
- Heavy Water's
- pluralpossessive
- Heavy Waters'