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isotone

isotone noun: any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.

Noun

isotone (plural isotones)

  1. (nuclear physics) Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.

Adjective

isotone (not comparable)

  1. monotone nondecreasing.

isotone meaning in Tamil

isotone in Tamil

சமப்போக்கு

Forms of isotone

pluralisotones

Origin of isotone

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.

Questions about isotone

What does isotone mean?
Isotone means any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.
What is isotone in Tamil?
Isotone in Tamil is சமப்போக்கு. See Isotone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is isotone?
Isotone can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of isotone?
The plural of isotone is isotones.

Words near isotone in the dictionary

  1. isotomically
  2. isotomid
  3. isotomids
  4. isotomous
  5. isotomously
  6. isotone
  7. isotones
  8. isotonic
  9. isotonic contraction
  10. isotonically
  11. isotonicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: isotone (page history and authors); isotone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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