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Meaning of mass defect

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

mass defect

noun

Definitions

  1. The difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy

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mass deficiencymass differencebinding energymass balancemass shiftmass numberweightmass energy