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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The net energy needed to decompose a molecule, atom, or nucleus into its components.
- noun The net energy needed to remove an atomic electron to an infinitely remote position from its orbit.
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- noun physics The energy needed to
separate the constituent parts of anatom ornucleus ; equivalent to themass defect .
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- noun the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect
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