mass defect
noun1
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy
noun
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy
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