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MASS DEFICIENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles
Synonyms:
mass defect; mass deficiency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("mass deficiency" is a kind of...):
mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
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