mass defect

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Finnish: massavaje, massavajaus (fi)
German: Massendefekt (de) m
Indonesian: defek massa
Swedish: massdefekt

Further reading[edit]

mass defect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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