Definition of deuteron in English:
deuteron
noun ˈdjuːtərɒnˈd(j)udəˌrɑn
The nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the laser frequencies are high enough, the deuteron effectively feels the proton's force in all directions, and the repulsion cancels itself.
- The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange of up and down quarks but recall that the pion wave function is not.
- Tritium was discovered by physicists Ernest Rutherford, M.L. Oliphant, and Paul Harteck, in 1934, when they bombarded deuterium (a hydrogen isotope with mass number 2) with high-energy deuterons (nuclei of deuterium atoms).
- In this energy range, there is no reason, in principle, to have a different scattering behavior for protons and deuterons.
- In the second step, a deuteron combines with a proton to form the nucleus of helium - 3, which contains two protons and one neutron.
Origin
1930s: from Greek deuteros 'second', on the pattern of proton.
Definition of deuteron in US English:
deuteron
nounˈd(y)o͞odəˌränˈd(j)udəˌrɑn
The nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the laser frequencies are high enough, the deuteron effectively feels the proton's force in all directions, and the repulsion cancels itself.
- Tritium was discovered by physicists Ernest Rutherford, M.L. Oliphant, and Paul Harteck, in 1934, when they bombarded deuterium (a hydrogen isotope with mass number 2) with high-energy deuterons (nuclei of deuterium atoms).
- The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange of up and down quarks but recall that the pion wave function is not.
- In this energy range, there is no reason, in principle, to have a different scattering behavior for protons and deuterons.
- In the second step, a deuteron combines with a proton to form the nucleus of helium - 3, which contains two protons and one neutron.
Origin
1930s: from Greek deuteros ‘second’, on the pattern of proton.