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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.
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Today it means: Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons. Full definition →
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.