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MASS DEFICIENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mass deficiency mean?
• MASS DEFICIENCY (noun)
The noun MASS DEFICIENCY has 1 sense:
1. the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles
Familiarity information: MASS DEFICIENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
mass defect; mass deficiency
Hypernyms ("mass deficiency" is a kind of...):
mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
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