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binding energy definition

binding energy

  1. the energy needed to separate a system into its constituents, esp. that needed to separate the nucleus of an atom into its neutrons and protons
  2. the energy required to remove a particle from the nucleus of an atom
  3. the energy required to remove an electron from its orbit in an atom or molecule

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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