nuclide

[noo-klahyd, nyoo-]

noun

Physics.

1. an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.

2. an individual atom in such a species.

nuclide

/ ˈnjuːklaɪd /

noun

1. a species of atom characterized by its atomic number and its mass number See also isotope

nuclide

1. An atomic nucleus identified by its atomic element and its mass number. For example, a carbon-14 nuclide is the nucleus of a carbon atom, which has six protons, with mass number 14 (thus having eight neutrons).

2. See also isotope

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuclide¹

1945–50; nucl(eo)- + -ide < Greek eîdos shape

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuclide¹

C20: from _nucleo- + -ide, from Greek eidos shape

Example Sentences

Critics questioned that age estimate, and scientists revised the date to at least 900,000 years old after using a complex technique called cosmogenic nuclide dating.

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He used a technique called cosmogenic nuclide dating, which estimates the amount of time rocks have been buried by analyzing particles created when materials are exposed to radiation from space.

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“This is a short-lived nuclide that only exists in the early solar system,” says Noriko Kita, an expert in meteorite aging from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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A nuclide is an atomic nucleus.

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After collecting rock samples in the field, we will ship them back to the Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, where the samples will undergo chemical processing under the guidance of Professor Joerg Schaefer, who is a lead investigator on this Bhutan project.

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