DH

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Translingual

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Symbol

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DH

  1. (inorganic chemistry) deuterium-protium, a type of hydrogen (H2) molecule. Known as hydrogen deuteride.

Usage notes

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Deuterium should be called by the chemical symbol "2H", not "D". [1] So the hydrogen deuteride molecule is actually properly denoted "2H1H" or "1H2H".

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English

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Noun

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DH (plural DHs)

  1. (baseball) Initialism of designated hitter.
  2. (aviation) Initialism of decision height.
  3. (military, nautical) Initialism of heavy destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
  4. Initialism of deputy head.
  5. Initialism of dear/darling husband.
  6. (Philippines) Initialism of domestic helper.

Proper noun

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DH

  1. Department of Health
  2. Abbreviation of Diffie–Hellman (key exchange).
  3. (India) Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

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Somali

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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DH upper case (lower case dh)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called dha and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  1. The eleventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by SH and followed by C.

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