pairing energy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The extra binding energy associated with pairs of nucleons of the same kind; this results in nuclei having odd numbers of protons or neutrons having a lower binding energy and being less stable (than those with even numbers)