MASS DEFICIENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mass deficiency mean? 

• MASS DEFICIENCY (noun)
  The noun MASS DEFICIENCY has 1 sense:

1. the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles

  Familiarity information: MASS DEFICIENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASS DEFICIENCY (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

mass defect; mass deficiency

Hypernyms ("mass deficiency" is a kind of...):

mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)