isotopic spin

American

noun

Physics.

a quantum number that is related to the number of different values of electric charge that a given kind of baryon or meson may have. I

isotopic spin British

noun

See isospin

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isotopic spin Scientific

/ ī′sə-tŏp′ĭk /

See isospin

Etymology

Origin of isotopic spin

First recorded in 1935–40

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