Definitions for hydrogen

hydrogen hy·dro·gen

Spelling: [hahy-druh-juh n]
IPA: /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən/

Hydrogen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in hydrogen (deghnory).

Definitions for hydrogen

noun

  1. a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.

Origin of hydrogen

From the French word hydrogène, dating back to 1785-95. See hydro-1, -gen

Examples for hydrogen

hydrogen is the lightest and consequently the most buoyant of all known gases.

There was a background sound of hydrogen bombs, heard mutely.

Most of the atoms in a newborn star system are hydrogen, which is the lightest chemical element.

There was indeed an incalculable quantity of hydrogen at hand.

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen containing a proton and neutron in its nucleus, while normal hydrogen has only a proton.

Do you think you can get hydrogen from our coal and make illuminating gas?

From that, they extracted the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to the number of hydrogen atoms.

They found that there are roughly 1,900 hydrogen atoms for each deuterium atom in the water on Comet 67P.

Carbon will combine with hydrogen, but will drop it if it can get oxygen.

Jupiter and its cousins, by contrast, are mostly made of hydrogen and hydrogen compounds.

Word Value for hydrogen
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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