ISOSPIN


Meaning of ISOSPIN in English

[iso.spin] n (1961): a quantum characteristic of a group of closely related subatomic particles (as a proton and a neutron) handled mathematically like ordinary spin with the possible orientations in a hypothetical space specifying the number of particles of differing electric charge comprising the group--called also isotopic spin

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