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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles. Also called mass deficiency.

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  1. n. 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

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  1. n. the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles

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