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mass defects

mass defects is the plural of mass defect.

Meaning of mass defect

Noun

mass defect (plural mass defects)

  1. 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

Questions about mass defects

What is mass defects the plural of?
Mass defects is the plural of mass defect.

Words near mass defects in the dictionary

  1. mass debate
  2. mass debated
  3. mass debates
  4. mass debating
  5. mass defect
  6. mass defects
  7. mass densities
  8. mass density
  9. mass destruction
  10. mass difference
  11. mass differences

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