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Definition of Hydrogen bomb
1. Noun. A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium.
Generic synonyms: Bomb, Atomic Weapon, Nuclear Weapon
Definition of Hydrogen bomb
1. Noun. A thermonuclear bomb which derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hydrogen bomb
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogen Bomb
Literary usage of Hydrogen bomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Aug. i2—Soviet Union tests its first hydrogen bomb. Aug. 23—Soviet test of an "atomic
... May 17—Britain tests her first hydrogen bomb at Christmas Island. ..."
2. Secrecy: Report of the Commission on Protecting & Reducing Government Secrecyby Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Larry Combest by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Larry Combest (1997)
"Dr. Bethe's lecture describes what followed with the succinctness of the historical
moment: When Truman made his decision [to accelerate the hydrogen bomb ..."
3. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force by Robert Frank Futrell (1989)
"... 90-92; Shepley and Blair, The hydrogen bomb, 80-89. 44. Thomas, Atomic Energy
and Congress, 94105; USAF Historical Liaison Office, Air University, ..."
4. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Always in the background loomed the hydrogen bomb, a thermonuclear device ...
Research on the hydrogen bomb, or Super, was always a distant second in ..."
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