Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuclear halo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-ar ha-lo
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus.

Inflected Forms

nuclear halos (plural) nuclear haloes (plural)

Questions

What does nuclear halo mean?: A bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus.

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