ISOTOPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does isotope mean? • ISOTOPE (noun)
The noun ISOTOPE has 1 sense:
1. one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
Familiarity information: ISOTOPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ISOTOPE (noun)
Meaning:
One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("isotope" is a kind of...):
atom ((physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "isotope"):
radioisotope (a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially)
deuterium; heavy hydrogen (an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen))
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