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hydrogen

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen Borrowed from French hydrogène (“hydrogen”), coined by the French chemists Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737–1816) and Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) from hydro- (prefix meaning ‘water’) + -gène (suffix denoting a producer of something), from the fact that water is produced as a compound when hydrogen is oxidized. * The prefix hydro- is borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-), from ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr, “water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). * The suffix -gène is borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, suffix meaning ‘born in a certain condition or place’), from γένος (génos, “descendant, offspring; race; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, produce; to give birth”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming some third-declension adjectives). By surface analysis, hydro- (prefix meaning ‘water’) + -gen (suffix denoting a producer of something).

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

Definitions

  1. The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of…

    The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.008.

    • Our professor then reminded us that a hydrogen ion is merely a proton, and thus we should think about acid-base theory as we consider this problem further.
    • The ignis fatuus or Jack a lantern, ſo frequently alluded to by poets, is ſuppoſed to originate from the inflammable air, or Hydrogene, given up from moraſſes; […]
    • But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]

  2. Molecular hydrogen (sense 1

    Molecular hydrogen (sense 1; symbol H₂), a colourless, odourless and flammable gas at room temperature.

    • A large tank of hydrogen constituted most of the bulk of that rocket.
    • [Jacques] Charles was the first to send up a hydrogen balloon, 12 feet in diameter, which rose 3,123 feet, disappeared in the clouds, and fell at the distance of 15 miles.

  3. Synonym of protium (“the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen (sense 1

    Synonym of protium (“the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen (sense 1; symbol H, ¹H, or 11H), as contrasted with deuterium and tritium”).

    • Both hydrogen and deuterium are present in every glass of water that you drink, but the amount of deuterium is rather small.

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Derived

antihydrogen, antimoniated hydrogen, antimoniureted hydrogen, antimoniuretted hydrogen, arseniureted hydrogen, arseniuretted hydrogen, bicarbureted hydrogen, biohydrogen, black hydrogen, blue hydrogen, brown hydrogen, carbo-hydrogen, carbureted hydrogen, carburetted hydrogen, dark hydrogen, dehydrogenase, dehydrogenise, dehydrogenize, dihydrogen, disodium hydrogen phosphate, gray hydrogen, green hydrogen, grey hydrogen, heavy hydrogen, hycean, hydrazine, hydric, hydricity, hydriodic, hydrocarbonate, hydrocarbonous, hydrogen-0, hydrogen-1, hydrogen-2, hydrogen-3, hydrogen acetate, hydrogen acid, hydrogen air, hydrogen arsenate, hydrogen arsenide · +138 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydrogen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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