Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.

    Isoton

Translations

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By meaning 1
Any of a number of nuclides of different elements:

Origin

Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with

Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with the letter n for neutron. Coined by German physicist Kurt Guggenheimer in 1934.

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Forms

plural: isotones
Singularisotone
Pluralisotones

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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