isotope effect

noun

The effect that differing masses of different isotopes of the same element have on the physical and chemical properties of that element

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Meanings

nounisotope effect (plural isotope effects)

plural isotope effects

  1. chemistryThe effect that differing masses of different isotopes of the same element have on the physical and chemical properties of that element
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