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 ἴσος (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)

1. (chemistry) an isotope
2. (genetics) allele

Synonyms

• (isotope): ísótópur
• (allele): genasamsæta

Derived terms

derived terms

• geislavirk samsæta
• geislasamsæta