binding energy

1. 1.

   the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect

   Synonymsseparation energy

   Broaderenergy

Questions about binding energy

What does binding energy mean?

binding energy means "the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect".

What is another word for binding energy?

Close synonyms include separation energy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is binding energy a common word?

binding energy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.