nitrogen-15

noun

A stable isotope of nitrogen, 157N, having seven protons and eight neutrons; it accounts for less than 0.4% of the natural element; it is used in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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nounnitrogen-15 (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesA stable isotope of nitrogen, 157N, having seven protons and eight neutrons; it accounts for less than 0.4% of the natural element; it is used in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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