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nuclide

/ˈn(j)uːklaɪd/

nuclide noun: an atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.

Noun

nuclide (plural nuclides)

  1. An atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.

nuclide meaning in Tamil and Thai

nuclide in Tamil

அணுக்கரு, நியூக்கிளைடு

nuclide in Thai

nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass
นิวไคลด์

Forms of nuclide

pluralnuclides
alternative formnucleide

Origin of nuclide

From nucleus + -ide. Coined by American chemist Truman Kohman in 1947 in an article in the American Journal of Physics, in which he defines nuclide as "a species of atom characterized by the constitution of its nucleus, in particular by the numbers of protons and neutrons in its nucleus."

Words formed from nuclide

Questions about nuclide

What does nuclide mean?
Nuclide means an atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.
What is nuclide in Tamil?
Nuclide in Tamil is அணுக்கரு, நியூக்கிளைடு. See Nuclide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nuclide?
Nuclide is a noun.
How do you pronounce nuclide?
Nuclide is pronounced /ˈn(j)uːklaɪd/.
What is the plural of nuclide?
The plural of nuclide is nuclides.

Words near nuclide in the dictionary

  1. nucleus globosus
  2. nucleus pulposus
  3. nucleus ruber
  4. nucleuses
  5. nucleuslike
  6. nuclide
  7. nuclides
  8. nuclidic
  9. nucs
  10. Nucsoara
  11. nuculane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nuclide (page history and authors); nuclide (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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