nuclide

nuclide

English

Etymology

From nucleus +‎ -ide. Coined by American chemist Truman Kohman in 1947 in an article in the American Journal of Physics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uːklaɪd/

Noun

Examples
Carbon-14 is specified as 146C or 6-C-14, in which 6 stands for the atomic number and 14 for the atomic mass

nuclide (plural nuclides)

1. (physics) An atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.

Derived terms

• radionuclide

Translations

nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass

Chinese: Mandarin: 核素 (zh) (hésù), 核種／核种 (zh) (hézhǒng) Finnish: nuklidi (fi) French: nucléide (fr) m German: Nuklid (de) n Italian: nuclide (it) Japanese: 核種 (かくしゅ, kakushu) Russian: нукли́д (ru) m (nuklíd) Spanish: nucleido m, núclido m Swedish: nuklid (sv) c Ukrainian: нуклі́д m (nuklíd)

Anagrams

• clued in, clued-in, include

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈkli.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: nu‧clì‧de

Noun

nuclide m (plural nuclidi)

1. (nuclear physics) nuclide

Related terms

• nuclide isobaro
• radionuclide

Anagrams

• dulcine, include