nuclear isomer

[noo-klee-er ahy-suh-mer, nyoo-]

noun

Physics.

1. isomer.

nuclear isomer

noun

1. the more formal name for isomer

Pronunciation Note

See nuclear ( def. ).

Other Word Forms

• nuclear isomerism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuclear isomer¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Together with Shvyd'ko, who had envisioned the high potential of scandium-45 for super-resolution-coherent-forward nuclear spectroscopy along with a possibility of its resonant excitation by X-rays from an emerging new generation of accelerator-based facilities 30 years ago, Kocharovskaya wrote a proposal to the NSF aimed at resonant excitation of a scandium-45 nuclear isomer using X-ray pulses.

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