isotone

English

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

isotone (plural isotones)

  1. (nuclear physics) Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.
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Etymology 2

Adjective

isotone (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) monotone nondecreasing.

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Noun

isotone m (plural isotones)

  1. (physics) isotone

Adjective

isotone (plural isotones)

  1. (physics) isotonic

Italian

Adjective

isotone

  1. feminine plural of isotono

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