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hy·dro·gen

hydrogen

 
pronunciation:
haI dr jn
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part of speech: noun
definition: a chemical element that contains one proton in each nucleus and that occurs naturally in many compounds such as water, acids, petroleum hydrocarbons, and carbohydrates, and in pure form as a highly flammable, lighter-than-air gas used in many industrial applications, such as the hydrogenation of fats and oils. (symbol: H) (Cf. deuterium, protium, tritium.)
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adjective + (n.)hydrogen alternative, atomic, burning, chemical, clean, compressed, direct, efficient, electrochemical, enormous, explosive, gaseous, glowing, heavy, interstellar, ionized, light, liquid, metallic, molecular, neutral, nuclear, ordinary, outer, primordial, pure, renewable, simplest, solar, toxic, unarmed  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)hydrogen absorb, bind, burn, combine, compose, consist, consume, contain, convert, detect, electrolyze, extract, form, fuse, generate, heat, ionize, power, produce, separate, split, store, strip, supply, transport  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)hydrogen + verb bomb, bond, compress, derive, emit, explode, fuel, ignite, mix, react, release, substitute
noun + (n.)hydrogen Help absorption, abundance, acid, amount, atmosphere, bacterium, beam, chemical, chlorine, cloud, conversion, delivery, density, distribution, electron, element, ethanol, exposure, fleet, frequency, gasoline, iron, isotope, layer, liquid, mass, measurement, mixture, nebula, neutron, quantity, ratio, reaction, shell, source, star, sulfur, ton, transition, universe, water, wind [See all][See only the most frequent]
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