nuclidicadj.
/njuːˈklɪdɪk/, U.S. /n(j)uˈklɪdɪk/ Nuclear Physics.
Of, relating to, or designating nuclides.
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nuclidic1947
1947 T. P. Kohman in Amer. Jrnl. Physics 15 356/2 The new word and its derivatives should be used in such expressions as ‘stable nuclides’..and ‘nuclidic weight’.
1955 R. D. Evans Atomic Nucleus xvi. 519 In order to identify the new artificial nuclides, it was logical and essential to utilize the usual nuclidic notation, for example, 83Bi213.
1962 Nature 19 May 621/2 The atomic physicist is usually concerned with individual nuclidic species—the differences in their nuclear characteristics and the nuclear, as opposed to chemical, changes they undergo.
1973 J. Yarwood Atomic & Nucl. Physics xv. 429 A useful method of correlating data about the nuclides is to plot a nuclidic chart of N, the number of neutrons in the nucleus, against Z, the atomic number.
1989 Science 23 June 1453/1 It is important..to know..what conditions, for example, temperature and nuclidic abundances, prevail in each phase.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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