mass defect

English

Noun

mass defect (plural mass defects)

(physics) 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

Translations

difference between the mass of an atom and that of its components

Finnish: massavaje, massavajaus (fi)
German: Massendefekt (de) m

Swedish: massdefekt

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