isotone
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i·so·tone
(ī′sə-tōn′)n.
One of two or more atoms whose nuclei have the same number of neutrons but different numbers of protons.
[Alteration of isotope (with n for neutron replacing p as though for proton).]
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isotone
(ˈaɪsəˌtəʊn)n
(Chemistry) one of two or more atoms of different atomic number that contain the same number of neutrons
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i•so•tone
(ˈaɪ səˌtoʊn)n.
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
[< French (1934), alter. of isotope, by substituting n (the initial letter of neutron) for p (the initial letter of proton)]
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