nucleon number

1. 1.

   the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus

   Synonymsmass number

   Broadermass unit

Questions about nucleon number

What does nucleon number mean?

nucleon number means "the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus".

What is another word for nucleon number?

Close synonyms include mass number. 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 nucleon number a common word?

nucleon number 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.