"mass defect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mass defects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mass defect (plural mass defects)
  1. (physics) the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Physics Translations (difference between the mass of an atom and that of its components): massavaje (Finnish), massavajaus (Finnish), Massendefekt [masculine] (German), defek massa (Indonesian), massdefekt (Swedish)

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