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Isotope vs Oversolar - What's the difference?

isotope | oversolar |

As a noun isotope

is .

As an adjective oversolar is

(astronomy) describing a concentration or abundance of a chemical element or isotope greater than that found in the sun.

isotope

English

(wikipedia isotope)

Etymology 1

Coined in 1914 by British chemist Frederick Soddy from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. As a consequence, atoms for the same isotope will have the same atomic number but a different mass number (atomic weight).
    • Derived terms
    * isotope analysis * isotope dilution * isotope geochemistry * isotope hydrology * isotope map * isotope separation * isotope shift * isotope table

    See also

    * isobar * isotone

    Etymology 2

    Possible back-formation from isotopy.

    Verb

    (isotop)
  • (topology) To define or demonstrate an isotopy of (one map with another).
    • Related terms
    * homotope

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    oversolar

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (astronomy) Describing a concentration or abundance of a chemical element or isotope greater than that found in the Sun