continent of stability

English

Noun

continent of stability (plural continents of stability)

  1. (nuclear physics) A hypothetical group of (presumably superheavy, likely beyond oganesson) chemical elements and isotopes that would be relatively long-lived, if not stable. Like an island of stability but larger.
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