"mass number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mass numbers [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of atomic mass number. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis of|en|atomic mass number}} Ellipsis of atomic mass number. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mass number (plural mass numbers)
  1. (physics, physical chemistry) The total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus. Symbol: A Wikipedia link: en:mass number Tags: physical Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Physical chemistry, Physical quantities, Physics Synonyms: atomic mass number, nucleon number Related terms: atomic mass, atomic mass unit, atomic number, atomic weight Translations (number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus): عَدَد كُتْلِيّ (ʕadad kutliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), nombre màssic [masculine] (Catalan), nombre de massa [masculine] (Catalan), 質量數 /质量数 (zhìliàngshù) (Chinese Mandarin), nukleontal [neuter] (Danish), massaluku (Finnish), nombre de masse [masculine] (French), Massenzahl [feminine] (German), μαζικός αριθμός (mazikós arithmós) [neuter, plural] (Greek), nomor massa (Indonesian), numero di massa [masculine] (Italian), 질량수 (jillyangsu) (Korean), masas skaitlis [masculine] (Latvian), tau karihi (Maori), número de massa [masculine] (Portuguese), массовое число́ (massovoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), número másico [masculine] (Spanish), número de masa [masculine] (Spanish), masstal [neuter] (Swedish), เลขมวล (Thai), ма́сове число́ (másove čysló) [neuter] (Ukrainian), số khối (Vietnamese)

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