BINDING ENERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binding energy mean? 

• BINDING ENERGY (noun)
  The noun BINDING ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect

  Familiarity information: BINDING ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINDING ENERGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

binding energy; separation energy

Hypernyms ("binding energy" is a kind of...):

energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)