Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

protium

Syllabification: (pro·ti·um)
Definition of protium

noun

Chemistry
  • the common, stable isotope of hydrogen, as distinct from deuterium and tritium.

Origin:

1930s: modern Latin, from Greek prōtos 'first'

protium in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of protium in the British & World English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt /
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …