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Definition of Mass deficiency
1. Noun. The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles.
Literary usage of Mass deficiency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"mass deficiency tends generally to increase with atomic number, z, and atomic
mass number, A, but there is no value of mass deficiency that separates stable ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The reverse of one or more of these processes is required to maintain a mass
deficiency. It is to be emphasized that mass transfers are necessary to create ..."
3. Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the ... Session of the by United States (1886)
"... Wood's Holl, mass deficiency appropriation for expenses Revised Statutes,
repealed : section 146 section 147 section 148 section 149 Page. ..."
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