HyperDic: mass_defect

English > 1 sense of the expression mass defect:
NOUNphenomenonmass defect, mass deficiencythe amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles
English > mass defect: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningThe amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles.
Synonymmass deficiency
BroadermassThe property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

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