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dihydrogen

noun
/ˌdaɪˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/UK/ˌdaɪˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/US

Etymology

From di- + hydrogen.

  1. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻ — “to beget, produce; to give birth”
  2. derived from *wed-✻ — “water”
  3. derived from ῠ̔δρο-
  4. borrowed from hydrogène — “hydrogen”
  5. formed as dihydrogen — “di- + hydrogen”

Definitions

  1. The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.

  2. Describing a dihydrogen bond.

  3. The diatomic hydrogen molecule H₂.

The neighborhood

Derived

calcium dihydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen arsenate, dihydrogen monoxide, dihydrogen oxide, dihydrogen phosphate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA