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核種 (かくしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

核かく種しゅ

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しゅ

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Meanings

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noun

nuclide

physics

Technical term in nuclear physics for a distinct atomic species defined by its proton number, neutron number, and energy state.

放ほう射しゃ性せい核かく種しゅの半はん減げん期きを測そく定ていする。
Measure the half-life of the radioactive nuclide.
この核かく種しゅは安あん定ていしている。
This nuclide is stable.

Kanji

核nucleus, core, kernel
種species, kind, class

Similar words

同どう位い体たい
同位体 (isotope) refers to atoms with the same proton number but different neutron numbers, while 核種 (nuclide) is a broader term that includes any specific nuclear species, regardless of whether they are isotopes of the same element.
放ほう射しゃ性せい同どう位い体たい
放射性同位体 (radioisotope) is a radioactive isotope, a subset of nuclides that undergo radioactive decay.

Etymology

Compound of 核 (かく, 'nucleus') and 種 (しゅ, 'species, kind'), a direct translation of the English 'nuclide'.