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isotopes

isotopes is the plural of isotope.

Meaning of isotope

Noun

isotope (plural isotopes)

  1. (nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

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Phrases with isotopes

Questions about isotopes

What is isotopes the plural of?
Isotopes is the plural of isotope.

Words near isotopes in the dictionary

  1. isotope shift
  2. isotope shifts
  3. isotope signature
  4. isotope signatures
  5. isotoped
  6. isotopes
  7. isotopic
  8. isotopic chemistry
  9. isotopic dilution
  10. isotopic dilutions
  11. isotopic labelling

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