Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubly labeled water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: dou-bly la-beled wa-ter
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water where both the hydrogen and oxygen atoms have been replaced by less common isotopes.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Deuterium oxide-18 (D₂¹⁸O or ²H₂¹⁸O) is one kind of doubly labeled water."

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Phrases

deuterium oxide heavy water oxygen-17 oxygen-18 tritiated water

Frequently Paired Words

deuterium deuterium oxide heavy water oxygen-17 oxygen-18 tritiated water

Questions

What does doubly labeled water mean?: Water where both the hydrogen and oxygen atoms have been replaced by less common isotopes.

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