isotone

noun, adj — 2 senses

isotone

noun

Etymology Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with the letter n for neutron. Coined by German physicist Kurt Guggenheimer in 1934.

Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.

Nuclear physics

Related terms: isotonic, isobar, isotope

isotone

adj

Mathematics, Sciences monotone nondecreasing.

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