| 单词 | deuterate |
| 释义 | deuterate in British English (ˈdjuːtəˌreɪt) verb chemistry to treat or combine with deuterium deuterate in American English (ˈduːtəˌreit, ˈdjuː-) transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating Chemistry to add deuterium to (a chemical compound) Derived forms deuteration noun Word origin [deuter(ium) + -ate1]-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate) |
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