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heavy water in American English
water composed of heavy isotopes of hydrogen or oxygen, or of both; esp., deuterium oxide, D2O, which is water composed of ordinary oxygen and deuterium
noun: water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, used chiefly as a coolant in nuclear reactors

heavy water in British English
noun: water that has been electrolytically decomposed to enrich it in the deuterium isotope in the form HDO or D2O

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