Associations to the word «Isotopic»

Wiktionary

ISOTOPIC, adjective. (chemistry) (physics) of, or relating to isotopes
ISOTOPIC, adjective. (mathematics) Of two presemifield \(\mathbb{S}\) and \(\mathbb{S}'\) of characteristic \(p\), when there exists three linear maps \(g_1\), \(g_2\), and \(g_3\) from \(\mathbb{S}\) to \(\mathbb{S}'\) such that \(g_1(x\cdot y) = g_2(x) \circ g_3(y)\) for all \(x,y \in \mathbb{S}\).
ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY, noun. (chemistry) The study of the effects of isotopic substitution on chemical compounds, especially on the kinetics of their reactions.
ISOTOPIC DILUTION, noun. (chemistry) any technique that involves the addition to a sample of an isotopically labelled compound
ISOTOPIC LABELLING, noun. (biochemistry) The labelling of a molecule with a radioactive isotope so as to track its metabolism in an organism
ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE, noun. (physics) (chemistry) A set of ratios of the abundances of different isotopes of specified elements in a sample, used as a diagnostic test of the sample's origin, or of its age

Dictionary definition

ISOTOPIC, adjective. Of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky