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neutron number

the number of neutrons in a given nucleus: it is the difference between the mass number and the atomic number

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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