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Mass defect Moderate

Mass defect has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles

2

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

See Also
difference atom binding energy component mass difference individual
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mass
Rhyming Words
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