"isotope shift" meaning in English

See isotope shift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: isotope shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} isotope shift (plural isotope shifts)
  1. (nuclear physics) a small difference in the transition energies of isotopes that corresponds to a given spectral line transition Categories (topical): Energy, Nuclear physics
    Sense id: en-isotope_shift-en-noun-j0bzNqu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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