Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuclear magnetic resonance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-ar -mag-net-ic res-o-nance
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The absorption of electromagnetic radiation (radio waves), at a specific frequency, by an atomic nucleus placed in a strong magnetic field; used in spectroscopy and in magnetic resonance imaging.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuclear magnetic resonances (plural) NMR (abbreviation)

Phrases

carbon-13 NMR NMR spectroscopy

Synonyms

nmr proton magnetic resonance

Questions

What does nuclear magnetic resonance mean?: The absorption of electromagnetic radiation (radio waves), at a specific frequency, by an atomic nucleus placed in a strong magnetic field; used in spectroscopy and in magnetic resonance imaging.

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