DH
Translingual
Symbol
DH
- (inorganic chemistry) deuterium-protium, a type of hydrogen (H2) molecule. Known as hydrogen deuteride.
Usage notes
Deuterium should be called by the chemical symbol "2H", not "D". [1] So the hydrogen deuteride molecule is actually properly denoted "2H1H" or "1H2H".
English
Noun
DH (plural DHs)
- (baseball) Initialism of designated hitter.
- (aviation) Initialism of decision height.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of heavy destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
- Initialism of deputy head.
- Initialism of dear/darling husband.
- (Philippines) Initialism of domestic helper.
Proper noun
DH
- Department of Health
- Abbreviation of Diffie–Hellman (key exchange).
- (India) Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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