An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A species of atom characterized by the constitution of its nucleus, i.e. by the numbers of protons and neutrons it contains.

From nucl(eo), → nucleus, + -ide, from Gk. eidos "shape."

Hastevâr, from hasté, → nucleus, + -vâr a suffix meaning "resembling, like," from Mid.Pers. -wâr, Av. -vara, -var, cf. Skt. -vara.

A → nuclide that disintegrates by emitting radiation and transforms into another nuclide. Same as → radionuclide.

→ radioactive; → nuclide.

A radioactive → nuclide.

→ radio + → nuclide.

A nuclide that is not → radioactive and therefore does not spontaneously undergo → radioactive decay.

→ stable; → nuclide.