ISOTOPIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isotopic mean? 

• ISOTOPIC (adjective)
  The adjective ISOTOPIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope

  Familiarity information: ISOTOPIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOTOPIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

isotope (one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons)

Derivation:

isotope (one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons)

 Context examples 

A stable, non-radioactive isotopic form of water, containing 2 atoms of deuterium (D) and one atom of oxygen (2D2O), with DNA-labeling activity.

(Deuterium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers can then trace cellular assimilation of isotopic tracers, document intracellular biochemical changes, and analyze diverse environmental samples.

(Cell chemistry illuminated by laser light, National Science Foundation)

The measurements show that the molybdenum isotopic composition of the Earth lies between those of the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites, demonstrating that some of Earth's molybdenum originated in the outer solar system.

(Moon’s Formation Brought Water to Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These differences in the isotopic values ​​point to the cultural changes that took place throughout this prolonged period during which the sites were used for funeral purposes, but yet they also show that the eating habits were quite consistent, despite the individuals having been buried in different epochs and cultural phases.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)

The topic of the isotopic composition of seawater over geologic time has been much discussed, and this study has added critical data to this debate and to that of the emergence of plate tectonics as we know it today, said Enriqueta Barrera, a program director in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

(Scientists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust, National Science Foundation)