Massendefekt
German, noun[ˈmasn̩deˌfɛkt]
Massendefekt is spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-D-E-F-E-K-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massendefekt is a German masculine noun meaning “mass defect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterschied zwischen der Summe der Massen aller Nukleonen, aus denen ein Atomkern besteht, und der…”.
What does Massendefekt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemass defect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unterschied zwischen der Summe der Massen aller Nukleonen, aus denen ein Atomkern besteht, und der tatsächlich gemessenen, stets kleineren Masse des Atomkerns
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Massendefekt
- Massendefekts genitive
- Massendefektes genitive
- Massendefekte plural
- Massendefekten dative definite plural
- [1] Δm symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Massendefekt?
- [ˈmasn̩deˌfɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Massendefekt in German?
Massendefekt appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).