hydrogen

hydrogen
noun Etymology: French hydrogène, from hydr- + -gène -gen; from the fact that water is generated by its combustion Date: 1788 a nonmetallic element that is the simplest and lightest of the elements, is normally a colorless odorless highly flammable diatomic gas, and is used especially in synthesis — see element table; compare deuterium, tritiumhydrogenous adjective

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