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- [hahy-druh-juh n]
- /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən/
- /ˈhaɪ.drɪ.dʒən/
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- [hahy-druh-juh n]
- /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən/
Definitions of hydrogen word
- noun hydrogen a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure. 1
- noun hydrogen A colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1. 1
- noun hydrogen colourless gas 1
- uncountable noun hydrogen Hydrogen is a colourless gas that is the lightest and commonest element in the universe. 0
- noun hydrogen a flammable colourless gas that is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. It occurs mainly in water and in most organic compounds and is used in the production of ammonia and other chemicals, in the hydrogenation of fats and oils, and in welding. Symbol: H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 1.00794; valency: 1; density: 0.08988 kg/m3; melting pt: –259.34°C; boiling pt: –252.87°C 0
- noun hydrogen (as modifier) 0
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Origin of hydrogen
First appearance:
before 1785 One of the 44% newest English words
From the French word hydrogène, dating back to 1785-95. See hydro-1, -gen
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Parts of speech for Hydrogen
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hydrogen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hydrogen
noun hydrogen
- glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- sucrose — a crystalline disaccharide, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
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