hydrogen
noun
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Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Interest in hydrogen as a fuel that produces only water as a waste product when consumed in a fuel cell appears to be booming around the world.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 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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