hydrogen
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Eventually enough will accumulate that the immense gravity will fuse the hydrogen, detonating what is in essence a thermonuclear bomb the size of a planet.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
At one point in the 1870s, a massive tethered hydrogen balloon was also tethered in front of the Louvre and carried some 36,000 royals, scholars, dignitaries and normal citizens up into the heavens.
—NBC News, 27 July 2024
That, too, honored French history: In the 18th century, the gardens were the site of the first hydrogen hot air balloon flight.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2024
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hydrogen
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from French hydrogène "hydrogen," from hydr- "water" and -gène "producer"; so called because when hydrogen gas burns, it combines with oxygen to produce water
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