nuclear binding energy

noun

The energy needed to split an atomic nucleus into its component parts; equivalently, the energy value of bringing all the nucleons together.

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Meanings

nounnuclear binding energy (plural nuclear binding energies)

plural nuclear binding energies

  1. nuclear physicsThe energy needed to split an atomic nucleus into its component parts; equivalently, the energy value of bringing all the nucleons together.

Translations

German Kernbindungsenergie
  • Kernbindungsenergiethe energy needed to cause the fission of an atomic nucleus into its component parts
Indonesian energi pengikatan nuklir, energi pengikatan inti
  • energi pengikatan nuklirthe energy needed to cause the fission of an atomic nucleus into its component parts
  • energi pengikatan intithe energy needed to cause the fission of an atomic nucleus into its component parts
  • energi ikat intithe energy needed to cause the fission of an atomic nucleus into its component parts
Russian эне́ргия свя́зи ядра́
  • эне́ргия свя́зи ядра́ (enɛ́rgija svjázi jadrá)the energy needed to cause the fission of an atomic nucleus into its component parts
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