samsæta

Icelandic

Etymology

Composed samur (“same”) +‎ -sæta (“one who sits, is located”), the latter part perhaps in this case newly derived from sæti (“seat, position, place”). Calque of English isotope, which is created from Ancient Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal, same”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), because the different isotopes of a chemical element occupy the same position in the periodic table of elements.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsam.saiːta/

Noun

samsæta f (genitive singular samsætu, nominative plural samsætur)

(chemistry) an isotope ^deriv.^syn.
(genetics) allele ^syn.

Synonyms

(isotope):^def.^deriv. ísótópur
(allele):^def. genasamsæta

Derived terms

(isotope):^def.^syn. derived terms

geislavirk samsæta

geislasamsæta

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